The growing use of pesticides and chemicals to boost crop yields in Vietnam has led to an unfolding environmental and health crisis across the Mekong delta
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Vietnam seeks global help to lift agriculture sector
For the first time, Australia announced its agriculture strategy in Viet Nam, identifying economics, innovation and security in the co-operation between the two nations.
Vietnam’s sinking rice bowl
The Mekong Delta is the most fertile area in Vietnam, and also the most fragile: It is the country’s rice bowl, and it is now slowly sinking into the sea.
WB helps build environment data centre in Mekong Delta
Experts from ministries and the World Bank discussed the contents of a project on building a databse serving climate change adaptation in the Mekong Delta region at a workshop in Hanoi on October 5.
International reports warn about disintegration of Mekong River Delta
A research work by the National University of Singapore on the impact of the Manwan hydropower dam in China in the Mekong Delta showed that 160 million tons of sediment flowed to the delta each year in the past, before the dam was built.
Since the dam was put into operation, the figure has dropped to 75 million tons.
A Thirsty Mekong Delta
Located at the end of the Mekong River basin, the Mekong Delta in Vietnam is currently experiencing the most severe drought and salinity intrusion in 100 years.
According to experts, the principal reason is development activities in GMS countries related to the use of the Mekong River’s water resources, including the operation and construction of mega-dams along the river as well as water diversion for agricultural purposes.