JICA helps Mekong Delta cope with climate change

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VOV News English 1 week(s) ago

JICA helps Mekong Delta cope with climate change

(VOV) - Since 2011, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been helping Mekong delta provinces predict and assess the impact of climate change for the 2020-2050 period.

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Sea encroachment threatens farmers

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Residents in central Thanh Hoa Province's Quang Cu commune are being threatened by sea encroachment which is claiming their properties and curbing production.

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Human activity defiles country’s lands

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Báo QĐND English 3 month(s) ago

Human activity defiles country’s lands

Unsustainable human activities, together with emerging climatic extremes, have increased pressure of pollution and degradation on Vietnam’s land, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

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Human activity defiles country’s lands

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VietnamPlus English 3 month(s) ago 1 related news

Unsustainable human activities, together with emerging climatic extremes, have increased pressure of pollution and degradation on Vietnam’s land, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

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Human activity polluting, degrading nation's lands

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

Viet Nam's land was under increasing pressure of pollution and degradation due to unsustainable human activities and emerging climatic extremes, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said.

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Saline encroachment hits Mekong waters

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Salination has appeared earlier than usual this year in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta and is also expected to go farther inland than last year.

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Sea dyke proposal met with resounding no

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

The HCM City People's Committee has rejected the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's plan to build a sea dyke from Tien Giang to Ba Ria -Vung Tau provinces to prevent flooding and salination in HCM City, Tien Giang, and Long An.

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Delta crops face threat from salt

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

Delta crops face threat from salt

With the annual flooding not occurring in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta this year, salination has become a major problem affecting agriculture as well as water supply.

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Delta crops face threat from salt

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Delta crops face threat from salt

With the annual flooding not occurring in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta this year, salination has become a major problem affecting agriculture as well as water supply.

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Rain brings relief to rice crop in central region

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SaiGon GP English 11 month(s) ago

Wide spread rainfall across the central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Quang Ngai on Thursday has brought much needed relief over thousands of hectares of parched rice fields.

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Sluice proposed to curb flooding

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Báo Dân Trí English 18 month(s) ago

Sluice proposed to curb flooding

Scientists have proposed the construction of a sluice to regulate tidal flow in and out of the Soai Rap estuary in HCM City, in an effort to reduce salination and flooding in the city as well as Dong Nai and Long An provinces.

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Australia to help develop Vietnam’s water sector

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SaiGon GP English 20 month(s) ago 1 related news

Australia to help develop Vietnam’s water sector

Water in the city is of poor quality, said Nguyen Van Hong, deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Ho Chi Minh City at a seminar on Tuesday.

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Director calls for prompt climate-change action .

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VietnamPlus English 21 month(s) ago 1 related news

Prompt measures should be taken to adapt to climate change at a time when it is increasingly affecting the city, a HCM City official has said.

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Director calls for prompt climate-change action

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VietNam News English 21 month(s) ago 1 related news

Prompt measures should be taken to adapt to climate change at a time when it is increasingly affecting the city, a HCM City official has said.

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Vietnam's rice bowl threatened by rising seas

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Báo Dân Trí English 22 month(s) ago

Vietnam's rice bowl threatened by rising seas

Climate change is turning rivers of Mekong Delta salty, spelling disaster for millions of poor farmers.

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