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...
Severe drought, saline intrusion can be predicted months in advance: expert
27 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Souce Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent expert on the Mekong Delta, said he warned of severe drought and saline intrusion in mid-2019 after observing the flood season and the salty-fresh water boundary of the river. Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent expert on the Meko...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New reservoirs built to cope with drought, saline intrusion in Vietnam
13 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Souce Warned about serious drought this year, provinces in the western part of the southern region have spent hundreds of billion dong to build fresh water reservoirs. But this is just a temporary solution. According to Cao Van Trong, chair of Ben Tre province,...
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...
Fresh water sent to areas hit by saltwater intrusion
09 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Resouce Fresh water supplies are being transported from HCM City to Mekong Delta provinces that have been affected by severe saltwater intrusion during the dry Barges have transported fresh water in containers from HCM City to Phu Khanh Commune in Ben Tre Provin...
EU helps Mekong Delta mitigate impacts of drought and saltwater intrusion
04 Mar 20 The Saigon Times Daily Souce HCMC - The European Union is providing 60,000 euros (roughly VND1.5 billion) in humanitarian aid to assist people most affected by the ongoing drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta. The aid will directly benefit about 24,000 people in s...
Salinity forecast to worsen in Mekong Delta this month
3 Mar 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Saltwater intrusion will worsen in the Mekong Delta region in March, especially from March 11 to 15, when it will be more severe than the peak recorded in mid-February and in the same period in 2016. According to Phung Tien Dung, head of the Hydrological ...