Category: Viet Nam
Challenges compels restructuring in agriculture
The success of the Mekong delta region in changing crop structure in drought and salinity areas, so the damaged rice area was just 39,000ha, equalling just 9.6 per cent of the damage in the worst-hit year 2016.
Implications on food production of the changing water cycle in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
The possible complete disappearance of the Mekong delta as we know by 2100.
What would Vietnam be without the Mekong Delta?
With the country overwhelmed by fear of the novel coronavirus, another even more severe threat is slowly approaching in the south: the death of the Mekong Delta.
Vietnam sticks to poverty reduction targets
Việt Nam is aiming to continue reducing poverty, prioritising poor mountainous regions and ethnic minority groups.
Science be dammed: Vietnam’s rush to help its largest conglomerate build a tourist city
Up to 138 million cubic meters of sand could be removed from the already sand-depleted Mekong Delta to build a controversial reclamation project.
Vietnam’s massive ecotourism charade
Green light given for a vast land-reclamation project, ignoring research showing the development will expose the new city to rising sea levels and storm surges, which the development itself may not survive.
PM requests sufficient water supply in drought-hit Mekong Delta
PM points out urgent need to ensure standardised drinking water for residents in the Mekong Delta while minimising socio-economic impact caused by drought there.