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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is increasingly facing saltwater intrusion, as sea levels rise, land subsides and the river’s natural cycles are disrupted ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: Why China's backing for Cambodian canal on Mekong River could push Vietnam closer to US
A China-backed canal in Cambodia could push neighbouring Vietnam closer to the US, Chinese observers have warned. Hanoi might then be inspired to take a tougher stance against Beijing in the disputed ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: Why is Vietnam Worried About Cambodia’s Mekong Canal Project?
On December 11, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on an official visit to Vietnam’s capital Hanoi. During the two-day visit, the two sides engaged ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: Keppel supports water security seminar and expands Living Well in Mekong Delta
Keppel marked the fifth anniversary of its Living Well initiative, a corporate social responsibility program focused on improving access to clean water in areas affected by saltwater intrusion, by ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Cambodia’s canal project would link its coast with the Mekong River
A proposed US$1.7 billion canal linking Cambodia’s southern coast with its section of the Mekong River could include funding from China and would allow shipments and security patrols on the major ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: Vietnam heatwave threatens farmers' livelihoods, worsens challenges for Mekong
A heatwave in Vietnam is worsening environmental conditions in the Mekong Delta region, and farmers and gig workers have told VOA the heat is causing grueling working conditions and cutting crop ...
News Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Security: Along the Mekong, fishers and farmers battle a plastics catastrophe
A monsoon storm brewed above Boonrat Chaikeaw as he cast his net into the endless tide of trash in the Mekong River on one day in June. He brought home more plastic than fish over six trips into the ...