For this dry season, which has already started in southern Vietnam and normally lasts until late April, drought conditions are likely to be more severe, resulting in more salinity in the delta.
Category: Viet Nam
Vietnam in deals to buy Laos electricity from 2021
The electricity will come from hydropower plants with combined capacity of 363 megawatts.
The Mekong Delta: an unsettling portrait of coastal collapse
Researchers monitoring the Mekong say a crisis that has been building on the river for years has turned into a full-blown emergency in recent months.
Vietnam and Asia neighbors hungry for cheap coal
The country’s thermal coal imports in 2019 are estimated to total about 32 million tons, twice the amount for last year and up three times from three years ago.
Leading NGOs urge Vietnam to scrap new coal-fired power projects
14 projects will have a total capacity of 17,390 MW.
Laos, Vietnam to open new shared border crossings
Laos and Vietnam are preparing to upgrade two more local crossing points to official border crossings to facilitate international visits in the northern and southern provinces of the two countries.
Southeast Asia’s Water Troubles Underscore Climate Threat
Millions of people in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta could be forced to flee coastal areas.
Economic development must go with environmental protection: PM
Concluding the government-to-locality teleconference on the final day of 2019, the Government leader emphasised future development orientations that would not sacrifice the environment in the pursuit of economic growth
Nigeria: Vietnam Seizes Large Haul of Pangolin Scales, Ivory From Nigeria
The shipment, containing 1.7 tons of pangolin scales and 730 kilogrammes of ivory, was booked in shipping manifest as “high end lumber”, and uncovered in Hai Phong, north Vietnam.