The Mekong Delta region accounts for 12 per cent of the country’s area and nearly 20 per cent of its population. Rapid, unplanned economic development, unchecked population growth and climate change continually put pressure on these ecosystems, which have been reduced in size and degraded.
Category: Viet Nam
Managing plastic as a valuable resource will help address marine pollution, Promote a circular economy in Vietnam
The IFC-World Bank report, Market Study for Vietnam – Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers, finds only 33 percent of the total 3.9 million tons of the commonly used plastics disposed per year in Vietnam are recovered and recycled. The study estimates that 75 percent of the material value of the plastics-equivalent to $2.2 billion to $2.9 billion per year is lost to the economy.
$149 million aquaculture expansion in Mekong Delta
The plan aims to grow the region’s aquaculture sector by over 4 per cent a year until 2030, and achieve annual exports of $9 billion.The plan also aims to step up environmental monitoring, food safety and biosecurity measures.
HCM City’s master plan to 2040 focuses on climate change adaptation
According to a Government decision on the master plan, the city is expected to have 13-14 million people by 2040 and 16 million by 2060. It plans to allocate 100,000-110,000ha of land for urbanisation by 2040.
Vietnam bids to woo Cambodia, Laos from China
Vietnamese authorities are increasingly concerned about developments on China and Laos’ stretches of the shared Mekong River. But Vietnam and Thailand, another historic ally of Laos, have so far failed to persuade the Vientiane government to rethink its impact on the Mekong.
Vietnam proposes establishment of comprehensive database on multi-dimensional impacts of sea-level rise
Addressing the UN Security Council last week resident Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed that the UN should establish a comprehensive database system on multi-dimensional impacts of sea-level rise in support of global response policy formulation.
ADB helps GMS in environmental sustainability
It covers six priority themes: building climate and disaster resilience; facilitating low carbon transitions; promoting climate-smart landscapes; enhancing environmental quality through pollution control and sustainable waste management; deploying digital technologies for climate actions and environmental sustainability; and financing low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and technologies, including demonstrating climate and disaster risk financing instruments.
Multimillion dollar Hoi An embankment subsides in just four years
An embankment section along the iconic Hoai River in the popular tourism Unesco recognized town of Hoi An in central Vietnam has suffered heavy subsidence just four years after it was built.
Wildlife traffickers creeping back as pandemic restrictions ease – U.N. report
Through interviews with wildlife traders and traffickers in difficult-to-police regions in countries along the Mekong River – like Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and China – the UNODC found evidence of wildlife products being stockpiled until prices and demand recover.