Climate change is the biggest challenge to Vietnam and the agricultural sector, and farmers and the poor are the most vulnerable.
Category: Viet Nam
Water risk report for Vietnam’s garment sector launched
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently launched a water risk report for the Vietnam’s textile industry as a tool for assessing water risks in the Mekong region.
China fuels Vietnam’s Protest Movement
China would likely be the major investor in three zones to expand economic domination in the Mekong region as part of the Belt and Road.
Farming jobs eroding away in the Mekong Delta
The physical nibbling away of the Mekong Delta’s edges by advancing erosion is producing unwanted social and economic ripples reaching Ho Chi Minh City and beyond.
Getting old and battling coastal erosion in the Mekong Delta
Elderly people in the Mekong Delta have had a difficult life, but some are now facing even greater hardships as their land washes away.
Climate change and marriage migration out of the Mekong Delta
Young women are pursuing husbands abroad, betting on economic security over love, while leaving young men to struggle to find partners among the women who remain.
Noose or life ring: Ho Chi Minh City’s proposed super dyke
Will dropping a 41-km concrete wall into the sea actually help or will it perpetuate the city’s legacy of failed land-use policies and infrastructure miss-management?
Beware the Dyke—Responding to the root causes of flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
Experts warn such a barrier will do little to address major factors contributing to HCMC’s inundation, and far more attention should be paid to non-technical strategies.