Quyết định 90/1998/QĐ-TTg

DECISION No.90/1998/QD-TTg of May 8, 1998 on the measures to overcome the consequences of a prolonged hot spell, drought and natural calamities in the first months of 1998.

The People's Committees of the natural calamity-hit provinces and the concerned ministries and branches shall have to perform the following tasks: To concentrate all efforts on the provision of aids and food for poor households meeting with great difficulties in areas hit by drought and natural calamities; to closely monitor the weather developments and water resources in their respective localities so as to direct the restoration and development of production; Regarding the irrigation work: to continue mobilizing all sources for the efficient application of anti-drought measures, to accelerate the tempo of the construction of irrigation projects; Regarding the aquatic products: the Ministry of Aquatic Resources shall coordinate with the People's Committees of Mekong river delta provinces in revising and rearranging the areas for aquaculture under the general planning, and drawing up investment projects for the construction of anti-saline infiltration dike system in Tra Vinh province.- (Summary)