04 July 20 Vietnamplus Souce BÌNH ĐỊNH — Thousands of households in central Bình Định Province's Mỹ Chánh Commune have been living without tap water for years and must buy clean water for daily use. Meanwhile, a water plant worth VNĐ12 billion (US$520,580), which was supposed to supply wa...
Mekong Delta province to help farmers with 1.7 million USD for drought, saltwater
03 July 20 Vietnamplus Source The People's Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has decided to provide relief worth more than 40 billion VND (1.7 million USD) to more than 28,000 farming households to revive agriculture, which was severely affected by drought and saltwater i...
Finnish Embassy funds Mekong Delta climate change response
03 July 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The Centre for Environment and Community Assets Development (CECAD) and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam have signed an agreement to fund a project improving communications capacity to cope with climate change in the Mekong Delta. The signing ceremony too...
National climate change strategy reviewed
24 June 20 Vietnamplus Source The Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment cooperated with the French Development Agency (AFD) in organising a seminar in Hanoi on June 24 to review the implementation of the national strategy and action plan on c...
Dong Thap seeks VND900 billion aid to cope with natural disasters
24 June 20 Thesaigontimes Source CAN THO – Dong Thap Province has sought Government aid worth some VND902 billion to execute urgent projects aimed at proactively responding to natural disasters and minimizing damages amid the gradual worsening of landslides and a limited local budget. Vo ...
Mekong Delta adapts to saline intrusion
22 June 20 Vietnam News Source Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to the Government's website chinhphu.vn on the need to develop plans to reduce the negative impacts of drought, salinity and land subsidence in the Mekong Delta What is the Minist...
Việt Nam effectively curbs impacts of drought, saline intrusion in Mekong Delta
22 June 20 Vietnam News Source LONG AN — Mekong Delta provinces have experienced the most severe drought and saline intrusion ever in the dry season 2019-2020 but the negative impacts on agriculture production and daily life were minimised significantly thanks to effective measures, ...
More than 58,000 hectares of rice in Mekong Delta damaged due to drought
21 June 20 Saigon Giai Phong Online Source Saltwater intrusion and drought had damaged 16,500 hectares of winter rice crop grown on shrimp-farming land in Ca Mau Province last year; of which, 14,000 hectares of winter rice had been completely lost. Around 41,900 hectares of the wint...
JICA-funded project helps Da Nang develop Lien Chieu port
18 June 20 The Voice of Vietnam Source Representatives of the People's Committee of central Da Nang city and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on conducting survey and data collection for the Lien Chieu Port development project, a...
Mammoth flood prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City may miss deadline
15 June 20 VN Explorer Source A multimillion-dollar flood prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City may fall behind its scheduled launch date in November if delays in the handover of cleared sites persist, according to the developer. On Monday, leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Ru...
Hà Nội ensures enough clean water on summer days
10 June 20 Viet Nam News Source HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội has sufficient water reservoir to meet residential use during hot summer days this year. The information was declared on Tuesday afternoon in a press briefing held by the municipal Party Committee's Education and Publicity Commission.Deputy ...
Tan Son Nhat airport drainage projects remain consigned to paper
10 June 20 Dan Tri International Source Projects to upgrade several canals linked to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City remain delayed due to tardy site clearance and lack of investment, so the airport would continue facing flooding in the rainy season. Tan Son Nhat Internatio...
HCM City sees big decrease in street flooding
10 June 20 Viet Nam News Souce HCM CITY— The anti-flooding works carried out in HCM City since 2008 have helped reduce the number of streets that are flooded during moderate to heavy rainfall, according to the city Department of Construction. The city had three heavy spells of rain since ...
Đà Nẵng, JICA to survey Liên Chiểu Port development
08 June 2020 Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — Experts from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will begin a survey for the pre-feasibility report of the Liên Chiểu Port construction project between July and November. Director of the city's Planning and Investment Department Trần Phước Sơn...
WB approves credit to support Vietnam's effective policymaking for climate action
06 June 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 5 approved a US$84.4 million IDA credit to support multi-sectoral policy reforms by the Government of Vietnam to promote climate-resilient landscapes and green transport and energy systems. The Climate...