Vietnam will increase offshore wind power capacity to 4 GW from 1 GW and onshore wind power capacity to nearly 17.34 GW from about 1.26 GW by 2030, according to the latest draft of the National Power Development Plan VIII.
Category: Viet Nam
Rock that could help feed the world at work in Vietnam
Mekong rice uses 2500 litres of water per kilogram; Orlar food uses just 30 litres – and with four times the revenue per kilogram. Also, being vertical farming, with 20 plants grown in each two-metre-high stack or “pod”, it is extremely space-efficient.
Mekong Delta flooded, residents make hay while the sun shines
“The delta has been deprived of its annual blessing by upstream dams and climate change impacts that have altered and weakened the regular regime.
An Giang approves eco-tourism project in cajuput forest
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has approved the development of an eco-tourism and amusement area at the Tra Su cajuput forest in Tinh Bien district by 2030.
Japan, UNICEF to help Vietnam enhance resilience to disaster risks, climate change for children
The 5.7-million-USD project aims to build institutional capacity to support child-centred and climate-sensitive activities through policy advocacy to access 27,000 children under 18 in central Vietnam and the Mekong Delta, especially Soc Trang, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces.
Experts discuss measures to sustainably develop blue economy
However, the country’s sea-based economy still faces major challenges related to marine environment and resources, climate change, sea level rise and livelihoods of local people,
Absence of seasonal flooding washes away Mekong Delta livelihoods
Today, they are aware that sooner or later, they will have to find other ways to make a living.
Norway to partner with Vietnam to “awaken” offshore wind power potential
The 70-page report provides an overview of the entire supply chain for Vietnam’s offshore wind industry, recommendations on what Vietnam can prioritise to stimulate the strong growth of a local supply chain to create jobs for skilled labourers, and export to offshore wind markets in the region and the world.
Climate change adaptation compromised, Mekong Delta faces manmade disaster
“The Mekong Delta is subject to various drivers of change, of which anthropogenic drivers, namely hydropower dams, sand mining and groundwater extractions, pose the greatest threats in this first half of the century,” Etienne Espagne, a senior economist with the French Development Agency (AFD) who led the new study released last week.
Mekong Delta’s biggest irrigation system near completion
The entire irrigation system, invested by funds raised through government bonds, is expected to irrigate 384,000 hectares of land, of which 350,000 hectares are for agriculture and aquaculture, in Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces.