News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Government: Cambodia canal’s impact on Mekong questioned after China signs deal
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 overseeing ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Government: America’s secret river war in Vietnam turned the Mekong into a battlefield
When monsoon rains crippled roads and grounded aircraft in Vietnam, one force could still move and fight through the Mekong Delta: the Mobile Riverine Force. Built around armored troop carriers, river ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Government: Salinity intrusion threatens Vietnam’s rice bowl
The Mekong Delta faces a slow-burning crisis as salinity spreads inland, damaging crops and eroding Vietnam’s food-production base. Fragmented policy responses lack a clear understanding of what ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Government: New satellite tools track river flows throughout the Lower Mekong Basin
After the Mekong River descends from the highlands in China, it flows into Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam providing freshwater for farming, fishing, hydropower and transportation. 52 million ...
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