date:May 18, 2016
ces Cho Lach district, one of the deltas largest fruit cultivation areas, many fruit orchards cannot bear fruit because of salination.
Bui Thanh Liem, head of the Cho Lach district Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau, said this was the first time the districts fruit orchards had been severely affected by salination.
The bureau has set up three places to measure the salt content in water to help farmers who grow fruits and flowers, Liem said.
Every day, about 1,000 farmers take water samp