The administration of Ca Mau Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, is going all out to fortify over 3,300 meters of coastal embankment at high risk of erosion.

Four sections measuring a total of 3,325 meters along the coastal embankment in Ca Mau need to be promptly protected from erosion.

The situation is most urgent in Khanh Tien Commune, U Minh District, where strong waves have devoured large areas of protection forest and are threatening the local embankment.

Residents affected by erosion have moved to the Huong Mai relocation zone in the commune.

According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, a dyke break is likely to happen during the coming rainy season if the embankment is not reinforced and protected properly.

This will threaten more than 26,000 households living on the western coast of Ca Mau, Vietnam's southernmost province, as well as their 128,900 hectares of agricultural land.

Ca Mau authorities have proposed spending VND10 billion (US$431,180) on solving the problem.

Another VND4 billion ($172,400) has also been used to upgrade the more vulnerable sections of the coastal embankment,

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