HANOI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently agreed to advance 2.04 trillion Vietnamese dong (88.7 million U.S. dollars) to help the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and localities implement projects to tackle droughts and saline intrusion.
The financial support will come from unused resources garnered from selling state shares in 2015, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA on Friday.
Plan on the use of the fund will be reported to the Standing Committee of Vietnam's National Assembly, said VNA.
In March 2016, Vietnamese government called for assistance as 18 out of its 63 provinces suffered from the most severe drought in the past few decades. The country's Mekong Delta, south central and Central Highland regions are the most affected by salt intrusion and water scarcity.
