Southeast Asians eat twice the global average of fish and seafood, but falling catches, unsustainable aquaculture and poor governance have imperiled the crucial industry
Category: Viet Nam
Harsh sentence for blogger may haunt Vietnam’s environmental movement
If I had the chance to choose again I would still choose my way: Mother Mushroom.
At Mekong Forum, a focus on US disengagement and China’s rise
As keynote speakers at this year’s Mekong Forum repeatedly underscored the rise of China amid growing unpredictability of U.S. policies, the sole U.S. representative in the half-filled ballroom in Khon Kaen, cut a lonely figure.
From Fossil Fuel to Clean Energy in ASEAN: Diversification is key
ASEAN’s pathway to an efficient and sustainable energy landscape is paved with with diverse sources.
Legal framework, roadmap needed for Vietnam’s wind power
Vietnam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, experts have said.
Climate change will force mass migration of 1 billion by 2100
Asia Pacific is the most vulnerable region to climate change, and poor people are to be hit the hardest, prompting migration on a massive scale: ADB report
Small hydro plants, big problem
Professor Vũ Trọng Hồng, Chairman of the Việt Nam Irrigation Association, speaks to the newspaper Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) about the dangerous impact of the proposal to build four super small hydro power plants in the central province of Quang Nam.
Mekong Transboundary Dialogue
Mekong transboundary water issues across four Lower Basin Mekong countries is the subject of a new video by the Mekong River Commission.
Vietnam’s major cities choking as pollution exacerbates
Urban areas are polluted by transportation, industrial production and daily activities.
Mekong Delta faces troubling sand shortage
Provinces in the Mekong Delta have run out of sand for construction at a time when many key infrastructure works are in progress.