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Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Vietnam makes a mess of waste management
Vietnam is sorting trash in four different ways and one type of trash is put under the eyes of up to six ministries.
Officials to meet on Mekong crisis as fishing communities suffer
Mekong River Commission will meet in Phnom Penh as dams and drought take toll on the once-mighty waterway.
Environment Minister looks to curb land encroachment
Sustainable infrastructure investment speeds up growth in Vietnam
Sustainable infrastructure investments are becoming the norm and enabling stable economic and social growth in Vietnam, Nirukt Sapru, CEO, Vietnam and ASEAN & South Asia Cluster Markets at Standard Chartered Bank, said at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City.
Bird Festival and Nature Expo 2019 lifts value of biodiversity
The Kingdom is also home to various critically endangered bird species such as the giant ibis, White-shouldered ibis, red-headed vulture, white-rumped vulture, slender-billed vulture, Bengal florican and so on.
HCM City, Mekong Delta face serious land subsidence
Land subsidence in HCM City and the Mekong Delta has ranged from 0.1 to 81 cm in the last 10 years, according to the Water Resources Management Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Dams and Climate Change Kill the Mekong
Excessive reliance on hydropower along with development and groundwater extraction destroys the Lower Mekong River delta, threatening livelihoods of millions
Hanoi Police Disrupt Concert With Environmental Theme
The concert, titled “Awake” was to be performed by pianist Pho An My. Scores of people were “roughed up” and paintings about the environment were forbidden from display in the concert hall.