WEBVTT 00:00:03.372 --> 00:00:05.839 Ladies and gentlemen, for many years, most of the people who produce 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:07.072 flower jelly in Cho Lach commune 00:00:07.072 --> 00:00:11.532 has proactively dug ponds, kept fresh water, and served irrigation when saltwater intrudes. 00:00:12.572 --> 00:00:15.852 Cho Lach commune currently has more than 1,000 hectares of land for flower production. 00:00:16.192 --> 00:00:19.610 Since 2016, the situation of saltwater intrusion has begun to appear 00:00:19.610 --> 00:00:20.852 and become increasingly complicated. 00:00:21.332 --> 00:00:25.056 Set at the end of 2019, salty food at Tan Phu ferry terminal, Cho Lach commune 00:00:25.056 --> 00:00:26.452 recorded up to 7 per thousand. 00:00:26.452 --> 00:00:29.636 Faced with this reality, people have proactively adapted by keeping fresh 00:00:29.636 --> 00:00:31.372 water in ponds with water hyacinth, 00:00:31.832 --> 00:00:33.972 ensuring irrigation water sources, contributing to maintaining production. 00:00:35.603 --> 00:00:39.963 Currently, our freshwater pond here is about 1,000 square meters 00:00:40.203 --> 00:00:42.523 The depth is about 5 meters. 00:00:42.763 --> 00:00:46.603 Contains about 5 thousand meters of water smoke 00:00:47.383 --> 00:00:49.423 When will the salt water rise a lot? 00:00:49.683 --> 00:00:51.223 We'll water the pond. 00:00:51.483 --> 00:00:55.563 When it's fresh water, I'll pump water from outside in here to continue watering. 00:00:55.823 --> 00:00:58.523 Second, we keep the fresh water source over the years. 00:00:58.655 --> 00:01:03.295 In general, since 2016, every year there has been saltwater. 00:01:03.715 --> 00:01:05.215 Well, a little, not much, quickly. 00:01:06.015 --> 00:01:07.595 Well, every year there are 00:01:07.815 --> 00:01:10.997 From then on, I also had to build irrigation reservoirs instead of saying 00:01:10.997 --> 00:01:12.955 that making flowers had to have a reservoir. 00:01:13.715 --> 00:01:17.208 Well, the reservoir follows the water, watering the reservoir is not enough, we 00:01:17.208 --> 00:01:19.895 have to take advantage of the water rising and falling. 00:01:22.415 --> 00:01:24.755 Watering those that are too salty must go into the reservoir 00:01:25.182 --> 00:01:27.653 Local leaders said that there are currently about 3,000 households 00:01:27.653 --> 00:01:29.382 directly producing seaweed flowers in the commune. 00:01:29.842 --> 00:01:32.522 To proactively respond to saltwater intrusion, people have invested in 00:01:32.522 --> 00:01:33.862 building about 1,000 freshwater reservoirs, 00:01:34.162 --> 00:01:37.562 gradually improve adaptability, protecting the flower area from saltwater intrusion. 00:01:38.885 --> 00:01:42.214 This means that for households, we will allow people to store 00:01:42.214 --> 00:01:43.425 water through silver-lined ponds. 00:01:44.125 --> 00:01:47.965 The second thing is that for beneficial projects, we store water through the beneficial project system. 00:01:47.965 --> 00:01:51.516 For goods in Tra Lap commune, they can be stored through a box of 00:01:51.516 --> 00:01:52.785 about 1-200 hectares for use. 00:01:53.185 --> 00:01:57.805 Or the bigger envelope is when we have invested in infrastructure, for example, a bigger culvert, 00:01:58.145 --> 00:02:01.645 then investing in Tra Lap, there are about 1-2000 hectares also in one enclosure. 00:02:02.225 --> 00:02:06.614 In that spirit, people store water to work with people's projects and state 00:02:06.614 --> 00:02:07.965 projects to ensure production. 00:02:07.965 --> 00:02:12.270 In addition, we also regulate the season, which means we produce fruit 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:13.705 trees or flower seedlings. 00:02:13.705 --> 00:02:16.785 suitable for dry weather conditions, we save water, 00:02:17.085 --> 00:02:21.445 combined with the application of science and technology, we save water so we ensure production. 00:02:22.051 --> 00:02:24.702 In the context of increasingly complex saltwater intrusion, proactively storing 00:02:24.702 --> 00:02:27.884 water, changing ways of doing things and raising awareness of saltwater intrusion 00:02:27.884 --> 00:02:31.331 prevention and control has helped commune residents gradually stabilize flower and seafood production. 00:02:31.591 --> 00:02:34.301 Solutions from practice not only contribute to reducing immediate damage, 00:02:34.301 --> 00:02:37.552 but also create a foundation for localities to maintain the use of 00:02:37.552 --> 00:02:39.991 characteristic flower varieties and long-term adaptation to climate change.