Ha Giang, Ninh Thuan provinces to receive crop seeds
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide seeds from the national reserve to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, to support people hit by natural disasters and drought this summer and autumn.
People in drought-hit Ninh Thuan province have suffered from water shortage this year (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc has decided to provide seeds from the national reserve to the northernmountainous province of Ha Giang and the south-central province of Ninh Thuan,to support people hit by natural disasters and drought this summer and autumn.
He assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment to provide 15 tonnes of rice seeds, 25 tonnes of maize seeds, and4.5 tonnes of vegetable seeds to Ha Giang, which has been seriously affected bynatural disasters during the year.
Ninh Thuan, meanwhile, will receive 37 tonnes of maizeseeds, 2 tonnes of vegetable seeds, and 600 tonnes of rice seeds from the nationalreserve, supporting its efforts to recover from drought in this year’s summer-autumncrop.
The PM also asked the ministry to take responsibility forthe accuracy of data in its reports on the task.
The People’s Committees of Ha Giang and Ninh Thuan provinceswere asked to allocate and us൲e the seeds in a timely manner in line withregulations./.
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People in drought-hit Ninh Thuan province have suffered from water shortage this year (Photo: VNA)
