Chinese companies have told us we need to carry out large-scale production if we want to supply the railway and other development projects in the province: province governor
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Economists say Vietnam focuses too much on rice exporting
To ensure food security, Mekong Delta only needs to grow 1.5 million hectares of rice and have two instead of three crops
Few solutions in sight to help save Cambodia’s largest lake
Environmental issues threaten sustainability of Tonle Sap Lake which a million Cambodians depend on for their livelihoods
Lao Police Beat Villagers Arrested in Lengthy Land Dispute in Sekong Province
The residents of Yeub village have been fighting for alternative land and additional compensation since the government granted their land to LVF in 2006 for rubber cultivation.
Data for a changing world: Satellites for sustainability
To manage resources sustainably in a changing world, you need information. Good decisions require comprehensive, accessible, easy-to-use data.
New water fees ‘threaten livelihoods’
“This policy will be a huge blow for the farmers, especially for rice farmers, because they have already suffered from deficits in selling rice,” leading economist said.
Mekong Delta faces three big challenges caused by climate change
Mekong Delta, the rice granary of Vietnam, is facing three challenges from climate change, unsustainable development and hydropower development, says local ecologist.
Documentaries: Women in the uplands of Laos: diverse actors in development
The Women’s Lives Project presents lives of rural women in the uplands of Laos to seek new approaches to rural development that see women as diverse actors.
World focus on the Mekong Delta
According to studies, 39 per cent of the Mekong Delta could be underwater by the year 2100.
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta sinking at worrying rate: expert
Subsidence and rising sea level are threatening to sink the entirety of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in the near future if preventive measures are not carried out quickly, an expert has warned.