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The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta to increase cultivation .the vast system of irrigation works canals and earthworks built mainly with forced Labour increased rice production and allowed the export of rice to the into market the area under rice cultivation went up from 2,74,000 hectares in 1873 to 1.1 million reactors in 19000 and 2.2 million hectars in 1930.Vietnam exported two third of its rice production and any by 1931 had become the third largest exporter of rice in the world.
Like other european countries, france too considered colonies necessary to supply natural resources and otheressential goods. Thus ,the french began building canals and draining lands in the mekong delta to increase cultivation.
1. A vast system of canals and earthworks was built mainly with forced labour.
2. As a result of irrigation works, the rice production increased. Rice was exported to the international market.
3. The area under rice cultivation went up from 2,74,000 hectares in 1873 to 1.1 million hectares in 1900 and 2.2 million in 1930.
4.Vietnam by 1931 became the third largest exporter of the rice in the world and exported two- thirds of its rice production.