Vietnam’s rivers have greatly contributed to socio-economic development, but over-exploitation in recent years has seriously affected this valuable resource say those who attended Vietnam Rivers Network annual workshop.
Category: Viet Nam
Mekong Delta provinces take steps to control saltwater intrusion
Authorities in provinces in the Mekong Delta and Can Tho city are dredging irrigation works and storing fresh water to cope with saltwater intrusion during the dry season.
Mekong River region on more minds
If Vietnam as ASEAN chair has its way, the Mekong may soon become an ASEAN matter, providing the five riparian countries more leverage in grappling with China’s unilateral hogging of water in the upper reaches of the river.
Mekong Delta community adapts to climate change
As coastal erosion continues to affect thousands of lives in Việt Nam’s southernmost province, authorities are taking steps to adapt to climate change before the damage reaches irreversible levels.
Diplomatic efforts needed to prevent impacts of upstream Mekong dams
Mekong Delta authorities ask Vietnamese officials to address the inter-Governmental Mekong River Commission and step up diplomatic efforts to deal with countries upstream that are threatening the river’s flow.
Rising Sea Levels And Disappearing Mangrove Forests Spell Trouble For Vietnam
Loss of mangrove forests, impacts of climate change and upstream hydropower dams blocking much of the sediment that once reached the Delta is a disaster in the making.
Consultation workshop on Mekong Delta agricultural transformation
In face of the climate change challenges, Vietnam wants to learn from the Netherlands’, including planning, governance, development strategy building, and especially building a key value chain for the region.
Sand mining in the Mekong Delta revisited
The manifold consequences of combined threats to the delta, which include bank erosion, recessing coastlines, increasing salinity intrusion, and a loss of mangrove forests, will likely only accelerate if current sand mining practices are maintained.