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A traditional rice field on an island in the Mekong river near Tra Vinh City that will be harvested and transitioned into a shrimp pond at the end of the wet season. Credit: Quinn Goranson Subscribe ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Health: 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 » Health: Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta leaves farmers and scientists at odds
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is increasingly facing saltwater intrusion, as sea levels rise, land subsides and the river’s natural cycles are disrupted by dams and irrigation infrastructure. A growing ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Health: 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 » Health: 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 » Health: 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 » Health: China and Its Neighbors Are Ravaging the Mekong
Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian economies. Previously, he was executive editor for economics at Bloomberg News. Save The Mekong River is more than the sum of its nearly ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Health: Why is Vietnam Worried About Cambodia’s Mekong Canal Project?
The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country’s coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates. On December 11, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese ...