Erosion is one of the factors that has led to a loss of protection forests in a coastal area in Gò Công Đông District in Tiền Giang Province.
Category: Viet Nam
Mekong Delta needs $6.7 billion for smart climate change projects
The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s agriculture hub, needs $4.7 to $6.7 billion in 2021-2025 for smart projects to tackle climate change, the World Bank says.
Thailand looks to cut Malacca Strait shipping time by land link
Thailand says the 100km ‘land bridge’ between two seaports would replace previous plans for a canal, and would cut shipping time by over two days
Development directions for southeastern region, Mekong Delta outlined
Ministry of Planning tackles socio-economic development and public investment in the southeastern and Mekong Delta regions.
Mekong to release floodwaters into rice fields to fertilise soil, destroy pests
To increase rice production, the province has built dykes in flood-prone areas to enable farmers to grow autumn-winter rice during the flood season, but now the practice is being abandoned.
Mekong Delta province declares state of emergency as waves erode embankment
Since 2007, erosion has caused it to lose some 9,000 ha of protective forest.
Vietnam’s main coconut area attacked by pest for first time
Pesticides in use to kill black – headed caterpillars (Opisina Arenosella Walker) which have appeared for the first time in the Mekong province, damaging coconut trees.
