More than 500 million people live on deltas worldwide. The Mekong Delta provides a clear illustration of what’s at stake for many of those people—and some of the ways we may still be able to help them.
Category: Viet Nam
The Displaced: Climate change in Vietnam ‘destroying family life’
In 2018 – more than 35,000 people were forced to flee their homes every day – that’s one every two seconds.
PM outlines $129 mln plan to fight Mekong Delta land erosion
Climate change is increasingly complicated, threatening the national development, especially the Mekong Delta, our rice and fruit basket and biggest aquaculture production base.
Victims Left Behind in US Agent Orange Cleanup Efforts
Vietnamese victims have yet to receive compensation – and many live in desperate poverty.
Climate inaction tantamount to violence
The Mekong Delta ie experiencing a massive environmental disaster already for a region that has been teeming with plants, fish and wildlife for thousands of years.
60,000 deaths in Vietnam annually linked to air pollution
Air pollution levels especially level of particulate matter with 2.5 micrometers (PM 2.5) in the air remain dangerously high in Hanoi and big cities of the Southeast Asian country causing concerns.
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Air pollution sends more Saigonese to hospitals
Doctors are generally agreed that air pollution in HCMC in particular and the southern region in general has become a serious health risk now.
Mekong Delta shrimp farmers take baby steps towards renewable energy
Shrimp farmers are looking for a model to integrate solar panels with the motors used to aerate their ponds.