The islands are the only location in Vietnam promoting the non-use of plastic bags and the ‘3Rs’ (reduce, reuse and recycle) programmes since 2011.
Category: Viet Nam
US eyes multifaceted cooperation with Can Tho
Tarnowka said her office will actively support Can Tho as well as other Mekong Delta localities in connecting with her country’s national programme on sustainable agriculture development.
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to get additional funding
The Vietnamese goverment is planning to pour additional 45 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 2 billion U.S. dollars) into the Mekong in the 2021-2025 period.
Development partners joint statement for Mekong Delta Conference
Actively living with water means embracing floods, droughts and salinity, and reconsidering plans for high dykes, embankments, and sluices by providing room for natural flows and floodplain functions.
Public grief over Vietnam’s ‘marine pollution victims’
Death of jailed activist’s teenage daughter blamed on steel plant’s spillage of toxic waste
Climate crisis stares Mekong Delta closer in the face
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta faces many climate change problems, but these have exacerbated at a much faster pace than predicted.