Little rainfall is forecast across the country in March and April, the remaining months of the dry season, particularly in the central region, said Vu Duc Long, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

The farmers in Binh Thuan Province are facing dropping river water levels and imminent drought.

Rivers across Vietnam are facing severe water shortages in the coming dry season.

The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, an area that helps feed about 200 million people, is predicted to sink underwater by 2100.

By 2050, 60% of farming areas in Vietnam will be equipped with water-saving irrigation systems, according to the country's Water Management Strategy, which was recently approved by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

According to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting, the total rainfall from now until the end of 2019 in the southern region will be 10-30% lower than in previous years.

HCMC authorities have asked city residents to fill in water wells because underground water overexploitation is believed to be the cause of flooding and subsidence.

Water shortages over the past three months have devastated residents of drought-plagued localities in central Quang Binh Province.

Da Nang Water Supply Company (Dawaco) said that they would supply free water to hospitals, schools and hotels amid a water shortage.

The Mekong River Commission last month said the Mekong water levels during this early flood season from June to July are at historical low, wreaking havoc on hundreds of millions of inhabitants in downstream countries.

Vietnam needs a long-term general management strategy on the use of water.

About 10,000 families in the central province of Quang Tri are in a shortage of water for daily use due to a prolonged drought, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prolonged droughts have made adverse impacts on the lives of people in the central region of Vietnam.

According to experts at a forum on water resource management on Friday, Vietnam is facing a severe water crisis.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta region are calling for water-saving as the water level in the Mekong River is record low.

The serious water shortage in Sa Pa is attributed to the excessive number of hydropower plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underground water in the Ly Son Islands, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, has become seriously salinised in the early dry season this year

VietNamNet Bridge - The water shortage in Vietnam is becoming serious, requiring management agencies to strengthen water sources protection.

VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang residents are thirsty for water as hydropower plants are storing water for electricity generation.

Though the peak time of the dry season has yet to arrive, the water level on the Red, Thai Binh and Day Rivers has been decreasing, posing a risk of water shortage for hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland.