The groundwater department has sent geologists and more than 80 teams to areas not served by irrigation networks and regions typically hit by shortages as dam water levels are depleted.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam to borrow $2 bln to fortify Mekong Delta against climate change
The money, to come from the World Bank, Germany and France, would be used for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in the face of climate change.
Lao Government Troops Launch New Assault Against Hmong at Phou Bia Mountain
“As you know, this escalation of violence coincides with a push towards the development of Phou Bia Mountain as both a tourist site and an area of interest to foreign investment,”
Authorities in Mekong Delta proactively reserve fresh water for dry season
At this time last year, farmers in the Mekong Delta were utterly in distress because of drought. This year, authorities have adopted different solutions to reserve fresh water in canals and rivers facilitating the waterway transport.
China’s dam rush: critics query hydropower path to carbon neutrality
“Dam-building is still controversial in China because of environmental concerns. However, opposition is not as strong as before, because the need to achieve carbon neutrality is more pressing.”
Vietnam aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in rice sector
IRRI had developed and analysed three scenarios for NDC implementation in the rice sector through changes in farming practices including the Alternate Wetting and Drying technology (AWD) or the Mid-season Drainage technique in the Red River and the Mekong River Deltas.
Wildfires in Northern Thailand Causing a Dangerous Choking Smog
Air quality was especially serious in Chiang Rai, where particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter (PM2.5) reached 300 microgrammes per cubic meter of air over the past 24 hours. The safe threshold in Thailand is set at 50 μg/m³.
One step forward, two steps back: Vietnam’s short-sighted energy vision
The fact that we are late climbers on to the renewable energy bandwagon and continue to express reservations and hesitation in exploiting solar and wind energy (which Vietnam has in abundance) will indirectly boost growth in the types of energy that damage the environment severely, like thermal and hydropower plants.
‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice
As recently as June last year, the World Bank announced another $93 million would go to fund the third phase of its land tenure project in Cambodia, despite mounting allegations of abuse within the system that has led critics to accuse the World Bank of being complicit in land grabbing and the environmental damage it has caused.
Questions over Cambodia’s first oil field’s future production raised
An oil field once expected to bring much-needed wealth to the Kingdom is no longer being considered the black gold chalice it was originally hailed, it emerged last night.