Category: Viet Nam
Low carbon rice fails to take root with Vietnamese farmers
A World Bank-backed low carbon rice project has been criticized by farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?
Smoke, mirrors, wood pellets: Vietnam clears native forest to supply ‘clean’ energy to Asia
Expansive deforestation in Central Vietnam is being driven by the global demand for wood pellets–a supposedly green alternative to fossil fuels
A thorny dilemma: Acacia plantations in Vietnam may not be all that green
The country’s embrace of acacia plantations has lifted some smallholder households out of poverty. But it comes at a cost to the environment and even lives lost
Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta is running out of sand. What’s next?
Groundbreaking report predicts Vietnam’s Mekong Delta will lose all its sand by 2035 unless solutions are found – quickly
