1. A drought emergency/ declare/ last month/ after five months without rain/NinhThuan/ other provinces/ Central Viet Nam.
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2. A drought/ a long period/ when/ there/ little or no rain.
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3. Hot weather/ the highest temperature/ 42 degree Celsius/ hit/ Central Viet Nam.
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4. In particular/ rainfall/ be/ lower/ the average/ the past few years.
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5. In NinhThuan/ about 50,000 local people/ suffer/ drinking water shortage.
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6. Hundreds/ hectares/ rice and vegetables/ destroy/ and/ 500 cattle/die/prolonged drought.
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7. In Gia Lai/ other provinces/ water/ many reservoirs/ drop/ the "dead" level/ several months.
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8. The provinces/ receive/ financial supports/ worth VND 172 billion/ the government.
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