A discreet movement of smallholders within Vietnam’s massive coffee industry are leading efforts to ensure the industry’s survival amidst extensive climate change and market threats.
Category: Viet Nam
Mekong Delta sees positive results from climate-change adaptation measures
The saline intrusion during the period caused only 10 per cent damage compared to that during saline intrusion that occurred in the 2015-2016 period.
Can Tho int’l workshop seeks to raise farmers’ income
An international workshop was recently held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to seek ways to raise income for Vietnamese farmers.
PM addresses Mekong Delta province’s development challenges
On December 18, meeting with officials of Tra Vinh, a province located in an important position in the eastern coastal region of the Mekong Delta, the Government leader suggested measures to help the province cope with natural disasters and the intrusion of salt water.
Money needed for rural electrification
Over 21 trillion VND (913 million USD) is needed to supply electricity to most rural households currently without access potential investors were told last week.
Dramatic decline in HCMC total fertility rates predicted
The South-eastern region and the Mekong Delta are two places with the country’s lowest birthrate.
Natural disasters cause people to flee Mekong Delta
The fear of natural disasters has caused more than 1.3 million people living in the Mekong Delta to migrate to HCMC and elsewhere.
Endangered crane absent from Vietnam’s Ramsar site
The cranes usually descend on the park from December to May, southern Vietnam’s dry season, to forage and mate prior to the onset of rainy, flood-prone weather. But in recent years, the story has changed.
First Mekong Delta Economic Report debuts
Mekong Delta’s contributions to the gross domestic product have fallen strongly over the past three decades because it only focuses on agriculture and rice production to ensure national food security instead of switching to sectors with higher productivity.
Southeast Asia braces for trash dump as China enacts waste import ban
On January 1, China will no longer be accepting waste from other countries, with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia likely to feel the brunt of the new policy.