More than 20 km away, Mr. Nguyen Van Hat (45 years old) and his wife also “lost sleep” because for more than a week, the durian garden was submerged in floods more than 2 meters high.
Mr. Hat’s family is from Tien Giang. Nearly 2 months ago, they decided to go to Vinh Thanh to start a business, so they sold all their land and houses. With a loan of about 3 billion VND, he bought 1.6 hectares of a 2.5-year-old durian garden, at a cost of more than 2 billion VND. With the remaining capital, he bought a house and land.
Mr. Hat spent several tens of millions of dong hiring workers to reinforce the dike with tarpaulin, and also installed 4 pumps to drain water. The garden owner plans to take care of the tree for about 2 more years before it can sell to recover capital.