Central Vietnam: Aquaculture Farmers Devastated After Floods
Shrimp and Fish Die from Water Shock
Vinh Son commune in Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province—considered the shrimp farming capital of the province with 171 hectares of ponds—is now submerged under water. Standing among a group of stunned locals gazing toward the Ben Hai River near the estuary, Mr. Tran Van Thuy, owner of two shrimp ponds in Phan Hien village, Vinh Son commune, was nearly helpless as he watched his thumb-sized shrimp suffocate and float lifelessly on the water’s surface.
“Since December 2024, my family stocked over 20,000 shrimp juveniles into 2 hectares of ponds. The cost of seed, feed, and labor totaled nearly 200 million VND. We expected to harvest about 2 tons of shrimp by mid-June, worth approximately 500 million VND. But in just one night, the storm and flood swept it all away,” Mr. Thuy shared.
According to Mr. Tran Van Linh, another aquaculture farmer in Vinh Son, not only his commune but most farmers in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Hue suffered total losses due to the unusual floods. Some households lost hundreds of millions of VND, while others lost up to billions. “When we heard the storm warning, my wife and I rushed to buy stakes and nets to secure the pond. But around 1 AM on June 13, the floodwaters rose over 2 meters and swept away everything. The remaining shrimp went into shock from the fast currents and died the next day,” he recounted.
Upstream along the Hieu River, local farmers are struggling to salvage dead fish, selling them at low prices or using them as animal feed. Many are devastated, having lost their entire livelihoods overnight.
Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Cua Viet Town in Gio Linh district, Quang Tri, said that 10 households farming fish in cages on the Hieu River lost all 30 cages, which had about 32,000 fish including cobia, sea bass, and croaker. The floodwaters from upstream reduced the salinity near the estuary drastically, leading to mass fish deaths. Initial damages are estimated at 1.8 billion VND. In addition, around 13 hectares of shrimp farms in Cua Viet were also submerged, with losses estimated at 1.2 billion VND.
Hue and Quang Tri Strive to Save Nearly 44,000 Hectares of Flooded Rice
On June 15, taking advantage of dry weather, authorities and residents in Quang Tri and Hue launched emergency drainage operations to save summer-autumn rice crops recently planted but flooded due to Storm No. 1. The affected areas include 21,211 hectares in Quang Tri and 22,418 hectares in Hue.
According to Mr. Dang Van Hoa, Chief of the Office for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search & Rescue in Hue, in addition to 120 electric pumping stations, the city mobilized 507 oil-powered pumps working day and night to drain water from rice fields. Initial assessments estimate that about 5,000–10,000 hectares may need to be replanted.
On the same day, leaders from Hue’s Department of Agriculture and Environment stated that the province has reserved about 1,000 tons of rice seeds through the local Seed & Livestock Corporation and national reserves to help restore damaged fields. If 10,000 hectares need to be replanted, the current stockpile will be sufficient for the task.
Initial statistics from disaster response offices in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Hue reveal that floods from June 12–13 damaged about 2,000 hectares of brackish-water aquaculture. Additionally, hundreds of hectares of freshwater ponds and fish cages were destroyed or washed away by the floods.
Source: sggp.org.vn
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