26 Mar 20 Viet Nam News Source Nguyễn Văn Tỉnh, director general of the Department of Water Resources, speaks to Nông Nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam Agriculture) newspaper about Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc's decision to grant VNĐ500 billion to control salt water intrusion in eight Me...
Joint efforts to key to saving water resources: official
24 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Water and climate have a close relationship and addressing problems in water resources was the key to better adaptation and limiting the negative effects of climate change, a senior official has said. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Enviro...
Salinisation struggle tackled head-on
24 Mar 20 Vietnam Investment Review Source Vietnam's efforts to combat water shortages and saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta and climate change impacts in other regions have been fuelled by the United Nations Development Programme. In 2016, communities in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam experie...
Joint support to fight drought and saltwater threat
23 Mar 20 Vietnam Investment Review Source International organisations and donors are supporting local people in the Mekong Delta strongly impacted by heavy droughts and saltwater intrusion. In the Mekong Delta, salt water is often going inland and then mixed with freshwater used for drinking ...
Mekong Delta under pressure amid climate change
23 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source It is now the dry season, but landslides and subsidence are occurring in most localities in Mekong Delta. Le Anh Tuan, deputy director of the Institute for Climate Change Studies, an arm of the Can Tho University, said the effects of climate change are ...
Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta worsens
23 Mar 20 The Saigon Times Source HCMC - Saltwater intrusion is forecast to worsen in the Mekong Delta from now until March 25, according to the Directorate of Water Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Water with average salt content of four grams per liter ...
La Vie and Nestlé Vietnam team up to mitigate drought and salinity effects
23 Mar 20 Vietnam Investment Review Source La Vie and Nestlé Vietnam recently joined hands with the Ben Tre Fatherland Front Committee and many organisations in Long An province and several other partners to donate mineral water bottles and daily essentials to people in areas heavily affe...
Rice fields abandoned as Binh Dinh suffers severe drought
23 March 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Hundreds of hectares of rice fields in Binh Thuan Commune, Binh Dinh Province are being abandoned due to serious drought. According to the locals in Thuan Hanh Village, the underground water sources have become depleted. They are also struggling ...
Central city to upgrade fishing port
21 Mar 20 Viet Nam News Source ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city would start upgrade work at the overloaded Thọ Quang fishing port in the first quarter this year, according to Phạm Thành Trung, deputy head of the port's management board. He said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ...
World Water Day 2020 ( 22 March)
World Water Day is an annual event on 22 March and it was first on 1993 by UN Water. With different theme in every year, liked "Leaving no one behind" – 2019; "Water Energy", "Water Sustainable Development", "Water Jobs" and " Water & Climate Change" in 2020. World Water Day is a great opportun...
Dams built to deal with lack of fresh water
19 Mar 20 Vietnam News Source ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city has begun construction of a steel dam – the second of its kind – on the lower Cẩm Lệ River to reduce salinity and deal with serious water shortages in the dry season this year. General director of the Đà Nẵng Water Supply Company (D...
INSEE Vietnam sponsors VND500 million and 500 tons of cement for Mekong Delta
19 Mar 20 The Saigon Times Source INSEE Vietnam coordinates with Tuoi Tre newspaper to sponsor VND500 million to buy water purifiers and water tanks to help households along with 500 tons of sulfate resistant cement INSEE Extra Durable for anti-saline construction projects and saline-affe...
UNDP assists Mekong Delta in drought response efforts
18 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The UN Development Programme and the Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development signed an agreement on March 17 to support the Mekong Delta's response to drought and saltwater intrusion. Amid severe dr...
Mekong Delta faces severe saltwater intrusion in March
16 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Souce The Mekong Delta region has been badly hit by saltwater intrusion. Experts have warned that the region will have to suffer prolonged drought and saline intrusion during the rest of this year's dry season. Source : https://vietnamnet.vn/en/sci-tech-environ...
Phu Quoc faces water shortage
15 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The southern tourist island of Phu Quoc is facing water shortage due to serious droughts. According to the Phu Quoc District People's Committee, the long-lasting hot and dry weather has made the water-level at Duong Dong Lake which is supplying freshwate...