Ca Mau gets dire warning on land subsidence risk: NGI

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 17 hour(s) ago

Ca Mau gets dire warning on land subsidence risk: NGI

Ca Mau, the southernmost province of Vietnam, may disappear entirely in the next few decades due to land subsidence, according to an assessment of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).

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Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

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Báo QĐND English 2 day(s) ago

Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

The southernmost province of Ca Mau, which is only one metre higher than sea level, could disappear in the next several decades due to land sinking unless groundwater exploitation stops.

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Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

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Land sinking, coastal erosion threaten Ca Mau province

This is the warning by experts from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) at a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 17.

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Protecting water resources

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Nhân dân English 1 month(s) ago

Protecting water resources

A man has a smoke at a pond filled with dead fish on the outskirts of China’s Wuhan city. (Image: Reuters)

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Underground water runs out in Central Highlands

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SaiGon GP English 2 month(s) ago

Underground water runs out in Central Highlands

Fifty percent of irrigation water for 500,000 hectares of coffee plantations in the Central Highlands comes from underground wells, whose numbers usually increase during the dry season when local farmers try to tap maximum groundwater for their parched crops.

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Mekong residents waste groundwater

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Mekong residents waste groundwater

The Mekong Delta groundwater's quality and quantity have declined due to local residents' over exploitation for daily life and business use.

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Long An helped examine climate change strategies

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Báo QĐND English 3 month(s) ago

Long An helped examine climate change strategies

Photo for illustration. cand.com

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Pilot project to test range of climate change strategies

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

A two-year pilot project has provided policy makers in the southern province of Long An with alternative ways to handle climate change and its related threats.

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Painting contest for children on protecting water resources

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Hanoi Times English 3 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - The Central Young Pioneers’ Association and the Vietnamese Children Development and Support Centre in Hanoi organised a painting contest for children, themed “Protecting water resources is to protect the life”. Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and head of the Central Young Pioneers’ Association Nguyen Thi Ha emphasized that protection of water resources is extremely significant for life. In Youth Month 2013, with the theme of involving youth in promoting...

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Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

The high number of deaths from cancer in a commune in Phu Yen Province has raised serious questions about the safety of the groundwater used by local residents in their daily lives.

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Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer deaths

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer deaths

The high number of deaths from cancer in a commune in Phu Yen Province has raised serious questions about the safety of the groundwater used by local residents in their daily lives.

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Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer deaths

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer deaths

The high number of deaths from cancer in a commune in Phu Yen Province has raised serious questions about the safety of the groundwater used by local residents in their daily lives.

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Running dry

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

Running dry

The nation's water resources are in danger of depletion and rising pollution levels, a problem with a potential for significant detrimental effects on socio-economic development.

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Running dry

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

The nation's water resources are in danger of depletion and rising pollution levels, a problem with a potential for significant detrimental effects on socio-economic development, according to a new UN report.

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Groundwater to be inspected

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered provincial and municipal People's Committees to re-examine the granting of permits for groundwater use.

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