Historic drought forces Vietnamese farmers to migrate for city jobsLocked doors, empty water tanks and plowing tools hung idly around is a familiar scene in many parts of Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta these days.Months of extreme drought, the worst in the Mekong Delta’s history, has cast a heavy spell in the agriculture province, almost turning it into abandoned land.Unofficial statistics from three districts of the province showed that 22,000 people have left for factories in Ho Chi Minh City and nearby industrial centers like Binh Duong and Dong Nai, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Friday. The number was several times more than in previous years.Similar situation is also going on in other provinces in the delta.Officials in Kien Giang said some 12,400 people from two districts An Bien and Vinh Thuan have left homes for jobs elsewhere this year.In Tien Giang Province, some communes have seen 80 percent of young people leaving.Local officials said normally the migration force only includes people who do not own any piece of land.But the severe dry weather means people with huge rice fields are also empty-handed.
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