Vietnam News » Mekong River Delta News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: Sand mining in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sinks homes, livelihoods
One summer morning, Le Thi Hong Mai's home collapsed into a river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where shoreline erosion caused by sand mining and hydropower dams threatens hundreds of thousands of people ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment
SOC TRANG, Vietnam (Reuters) -Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is sinking. Can sediment save it?
In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, home to about 17 million people, large areas of land have been poldered for the cultivation of crops such as rice and shrimp. At the moment, the delta is on average less ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: Catfish Blues: The Imperiled Mekong Delta
Zeb Hogan and colleagues from the Cambodian Fisheries Administration tagging, and then releasing, a Mekong giant catfish. In his book, "Chasing Giants," Hogan describes the importance to people of ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: Vietnam's Mekong Delta residents increasingly migrate to cities due to climate concerns
Climate vulnerability threatens the future of the Mekong Delta, leading to increased floods, droughts and challenges in farming. Migration from the delta to cities is increasing as residents seek ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: Mekong Delta provinces discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystem services in the 5th Mekong Delta Nature and Culture Conservation Forum, Vietnam
Ca Mau, Vietnam – 12th April 2013 – More than 200 scientists, policy makers from Vietnam Ministries as well as the thirteen Delta provinces; representatives from international conservation and ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: Cambodia canal's impact on Mekong questioned after China signs deal
(Reuters) -Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, said the body ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: The spirit of Vietnam bursts into life along the Mekong
During a cruise on the Mekong River, an excursion proves nourishing in more ways than one.
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta: INSIGHT-How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment
SOC TRANG, Vietnam, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta. Just ...