16 Apriil 20 Dan Tri International News Source Thousands of people in the Mekong Delta Region have been given free freshwater to deal with the on-going drought and saline intrusion On April 11, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment transferred to the Ca Mau provincial author...
Heavy rains bring cheer to Mekong Delta farmers
15 April 20 Vietnamnet Global Souce In Can Tho City, the downpour lasted several hours, bringing cheer to people and farmers after a long, harsh dry season. Phan Thanh Hai, director of the city Hydro –Meteorological station, said the rain was unseasonable since it is still the dry season....
Water Scarcity in Vietnam: a Point of View on Virtual Water Perspective: Report
Water Scarcity in Vietnam: a Point of View on Virtual Perspective is the report published in May 2018 in Researchgate.net.The researcher team gave an overview of the "virtual water" perspective on water consumption in Agriculture products in Vietnam. The analysis concern about rice products &am...
What would Việt Nam be without the Mekong Delta?
13 Mar 20 Viet Nam News Source Thu Vân With the country overwhelmed by fear of the novel coronavirus, another even more severe threat is slowly approaching in the south: the death of the Mekong Delta.Late last month, farmers in the region made headlines after deciding to sell topsoil from their rice...
Seawater filtering, water transfer will not save the Mekong Delta: expert
10 April 20 Vietnamnet Global Source If the local population continues to grow uncontrollably, all measures to be applied, from seawater filtering to water transfer from the east to the west, will become useless, experts say.The Mekong Delta is experiencing the most serious drought and saline i...
Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta likely to linger on
7 April 20 Viet Nam News Source HÀ NỘI — Saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta will likely remain at a high level until the end of April or early May, before gradually declining, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. In the worst case scenario, drought and ...
Mekong Delta farmers switch to other crops in response to climate change
04 April 20 Viet Nam News Source HCM CITY — More farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have restructured their crop cultivation to adapt to the effects of climate change.The delta, the country's largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, has faced severe drought and saline intrusion in re...
Trà Vinh to build two erosion prevention projects
1 April 20 Viet Nam News Source TRÀ VINH — The Trà Vinh Province People's Committee has approved the construction of two embankment projects worth a total of VNĐ260 billion (US$11 million) to prevent river and coastal erosion. A 1.1km embankment section will be built along the Láng Thé Ri...
Mekong Delta provinces want to build reservoirs to store freshwater
1 April 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently had a working session with localities declaring an emergency because of drought and saline intrusion in Mekong Delta, including Long An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Kien Giang and Ca Mau. The chair of Ben Tre province Cao V...
Can Tho to become first smart city in Mekong Delta by 2025
30 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Can Tho, the most populated city in the Mekong Delta region, has achieved outstanding results in developing a project to build a smart city after nearly two years of implementation Vo Thi Hong Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the Can Tho City People's Committee, ...
Saltwater intrusion affects Mekong Delta’s fruit cultivation
27 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Saltwater intrusion has affected many fruit growing areas in the Mekong Delta as local farmers struggle to secure irrigation water for their orchards. The Mekong Delta, the country's largest fruit producer, is facing severe saltwater intrusion in the ongoing dr...
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 ...
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...