The pilot project under support of GGSF will invest in the irrigation canal and part of the water-efficient irrigation system in order to improve agricultural efficiency, develop toward sustainable and green growth. 

Rural development is ranked the top priority currently in Vietnam in general, and in Binh Thuan particularly. To promote a comprehensive development and to be aligned with the National Action Plan on Green Growth and match people’s needs and expectation, it is required a better infrastructure in the rural area, especially an irrigation system which is a decisive factor. Irrigation works ensure water supply, a prerequisite for existence and development of life and production. It also contributes significantly to sustainable development poverty reduction in the province, and furthermore, improving the standards of living in terms of economy, culture and society.

Irrigation works enable the development of diversification of crops, production shifting, increasing of efficiency of land use, re-allocation of natural water resources, improvement of soil and environment for benefits of production and livelihood and facilitating for the settlement. For the best utilization of existing works, it is necessary to innovate the irrigation methods and techniques to improve the cost efficiency by using water-efficient methods such as sprinkler irrigation, drop irrigation. One of the critical measures to improve the economic efficiency for crops is to identify and use the appropriate irrigation method and technique because in-field irrigation techniques play an important role in supplying and distributing water directly to the plants, and determining the volume of water loss in field.

The grant agreement in the Green Growth Strategy Facility (GGSF) Project - VIE 11 041 11/CSUB/002 signed on July 1st2016 contributes to implementing Binh Thuan provincial Green Growth action plan through the Green Growth pilot projects, Construction of a water channel and water- efficient irrigation system for improvement of cultivation performance in the area of Trinh spring.

In the agricultural structure of the commune, cultivation is the key sector accounting for high density with 5.760,61 ha of crop land. Intensive farming is given priority to increase yield and improve product value. Structure of season-based crops, cultivation techniques have experienced significant move. Crop structures have been adjusted to suit weather conditions. Major crops include plants for food, for starchy root, for food stuff, for fruits and short-term industrial crops. Key crops are high quality rice, high-yield corn, dragon fruit. Area for annual crops such as rice and hybrid corn are 866 ha irrigated with water from Song Mao River and Ca Giay Reservoir through 39 km canals of category I, category II, and even category III, category IV formed by people at production area. In addition, discharge water from Dai Ninh Hydropower Plant have contributed to irrigating agricultural crops since 2008, facilitating agricultural production. 

However, the current difficulty is the lack of a irrigation channel for the area of Trinh Spring, An Trung Hamlet with 40 ha of dragon fruit, perennial plants and others. Main source of water for irrigation now is rain water during rainy season or from man-made ponds or deepwells during dry season. This reduces crop performance and make drought increasingly complicated. Therefore, local people in the project area are expecting for investment in the irrigation channel and part of the water-efficient irrigation system to support the agricultural development with regard to improvement of efficiency, sustainable and green growth.  

The water canal will be installed and constructed in An Trung hamlet, Binh An commune, Bac Binh district. The tentative completion time is within three months after the selection of construction contractor. The proposed length of channel is 1.500 meters.