Question

why did french started to built canals & started drying draining land ?

Answer 1

1: the French began by building canals and drainaging land indeed Mekong delta to increase cultivation
2: the vast system of irrigation also started
3: because of this reason Rice production increased and in 1931 it had because the second exploiter of rice in the world
4:infrastructural projects stated to help transport goods for trade and control the entire region
eg..,..trans intochina rail way network linked the northern and southern parts of Vietnam and China




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Answer 2

● The French began building canal and draining lands in Mekong delta. ●Vast system of irrigation a work , canal and earthworks were built mainly with forced labour.This increased rice production.
● Infrastructure projects like trans-Indo-China rail networks were constructed to help transport goods.
★The main purpose of building canals and irrigating the field is to increase the cultivation of crops like rice and rubber.
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