Update: March, 05/2021 - 07:11 | Forests in Cà Mau Province. – VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Thế Anh HCM CITY – Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have stepped up measures to prevent forest fires as the region enters the peak dry season. Earlier, at the beginning of the ongoing dry season, provinces took various measures to protect forests like dredging canals to store more water and mobilising human resources and facilities to monitor fires. They undertook advocacy activities to raise public awareness of forest protection and prevention of fires. In Cà Mau Provinice, the provincial People’s Committee is ordering relevant departments and agencies to have in place sufficient personnel and facilities to promptly discover fires and extinguish them.