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Category: Viet Nam
Vietnam steers towards better water for everyone
Rapid population growth and climate change had negative impacts on water security in the Mekong Delta River, home to 60 percent of Vietnam’s surface water.
Deprived of citizenship, the Vietnamese of Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap lake live on the edge
Her family arrived three generations ago… “They tell us to go back to Vietnam. They say we fish everything and leave nothing for them. They tell us to go home. They don’t want us here.”
Putting Nature to Work: Integrating Green and Gray Infrastructure for Water Security and Climate Resilience
The Mekong Delta is just one project where the World Bank is putting these ideas into practice.
Over 9,500 new firms established in Mekong Delta in 2018
The delta’s economy recorded an impressive growth of 7.8 percent in 2018, the highest over the past four years.
LNG may replace coal in Vietnam’s $7.8 billion power project
VN officials met with Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development over plans to build four gas-fired plants, with total capacity of about 6,000 megawatts, as well as LNG import facilities.
Mekong Delta rope weaving families’ exodus to Saigon
Unable to earn enough in their hometown, they come to Saigon, rent some land and resume their traditional work.
Government may withdraw environmental tax hike proposal
Business considerations causing Vietnam to backtrack on proposed increased environmental taxes on gasoline, kerosene, diesel, mazut, aviation fuel and plastic bags.