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The Cai Be sluice gate project is pictured in Kien Giang Province, Vietnam, February 5, 2021. Photo: Chi Quoc / Tuoi Tre
The Cai Be sluice gate and its boat lock on the Cai Be River were put into temporary operation on Friday to prevent saline intrusion in Kien Giang Province and other localities in the Mekong Delta region.
Construction on the sluice gate has been basically competed after 15 months since its ground-breaking ceremony in November 2019, with only a few works expected to follow suit in 2021.
This is considered a super irrigation project’ in the region with an investment of about VND3.3 trillion (US$143,38 million) in the first and about VND2.5 trillion ($108.62 million) in the second phase from government bonds.