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| | Situation Reports: Viet Nam: Drought - Mar 1999, Current drought situation and drought preparedness and prevention |
 | | Since the beginning of the 1998-1999 spring-winter crop season, in Northern and North-Central provinces, 20 million cubic meters of earth have been dredged, of which 4 million cubic meters of earth were dredged at head-works, at a cost to localities of 150 billion VND for drought fighting activities. |
 | | Conclusion: in North-Central, Midlands, and Northern Mountainous Provinces, of 460,000 ha of spring-winter paddy, 110,000 ha may lack water, and 70,000 ha of the latter must be used for altered cropping patterns. |
 | | Three of these provinces, Ha Giang Province, Cao Bang Province, and Nghe An Province, have each supplied one million VND to areas menaced with severe lack of fresh water, to implement water supply measures for local people and for armed forces along the border. |
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