More people in the Mekong Delta are planting trees and building embankments made of natural materials to prevent erosion along rivers and canals.
Category: Viet Nam
Land erosion worsens in the Mekong Delta
The most serious problem is the massive illegal sand mining occurring in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Project launched to boost biodiversity preservation, management
General Director of the Vietnam Environment Administration Nguyen Van Tai said Vietnam is now home to nine UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserves.
Winner of video clip contest on environmental protection announced
Thuy’s clip was made completely in English with calls for small changes and actions every day to protect the environment.
Development project of Mekong Delta interdisciplinary database
To implement an integrated solutions, connectivity, sharing, linking databases between ministries, central agencies and the Mekong River Commission.
Rapid growth could cost Vietnam’s coast dear: World Bank
While development continues to concentrate along the coast, flood risks in high-growth areas are twice as high as in low-growth areas.
Investors heap pressure on Vietnam’s Vung Ang 2 coal power project
Vung Ang 2 is fast becoming the prime exhibit in the case against companies taking on irresponsible transition risk on coal plants.
Floods hamper rice harvest in major Asian hubs, hit supply
Pushing up export prices for the Vietnamese variety and domestic rates in Bangladesh, while Thai traders warned of a risk to fresh supply.
Vietnam province cuts four hydropower projects out of environmental concerns
The removed projects were deemed to provide little economic value while causing great forest loss – around 200 ha per project, said Tuan.