Cuu Long delta expects good rice harvest

Hanoi, June 10 (VNA) - The Cultivation Department last Friday said the Cuu Long ( Mekong ) Delta has planted more than 1.5 million ha of summer-autumn rice. Of the figure, more than 1.2 million ha of summer-autumn rice are developing well and are free from brown plant plant hoppers and ragged stunt disease. The delta, the country's largest granary, is expected to harvest a bumper summer - autumn crop with total output of about 7-7.7 million tonnes.-Enditem