79,180 hectares of agri-land damaged due to Vietnam flash floods

The recent floods in Vietnam have impacted large areas of agricultural land and cost the agriculture sector around 127 billion kips. The exact areas of crop damage are yet to be accessed by the authorities concerned who are waiting for the water levels to recede. The floods struck almost about 79,180 hectares of wet season rice and expected to damage at least 23,400 hectares. The Khammuan province experienced the worst water levels with damage estimated to about 45 percent of the total 80,773 hectares of rice planted followed by Savannakhet province with a damage expectation of around 14 percent of the total 196,275 hectares and Champassak province with 9 percent of the total 106,563 hectares. Pests and landslides too contributed to the destruction of the paddy.