16th Mar 2022 Vietnam news source HCM CITY – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is facing severe erosion along its rivers and coast, affecting people's lives and agriculture. The country's largest rice, fruit and seafood producer had 621 eroded sites with a total length of 610 kilometres along r...
Can Tho to build embankment on Tra Noc River to prevent erosion
11th June 21 Viennamplus Source The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to build an embankment to prevent erosion along the Tra Noc River at the Tra Noc Bridge – Xeo May Bridge section at an estimated cost of 531 billion VND (53.2 million USD). Can Tho (VNA) – The Mekong Delta city o...
Bac Lieu to build more erosion-prevention projects
9 Feb 2021 Vietnamnews Source The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu will spend nearly VND19.3 trillion (US$835 million) to build erosion-prevention projects in the 2021 - 30 period. Erosion along rivers, canals and coastal areas has increased, threatening the safety of people and their pr...
Cà Mau Province suffers $46m losses from natural disasters in 2020
24 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Source CÀ MAU – Natural disasters have caused losses worth VNĐ1.06 trillion (US$46 million) in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau this year, destroying public infrastructure, houses and crops, according to the local Steering Committee for Natural Di...
Mekong Delta province faces worsening river, canal erosion
06 Oct 20 Vietnamplus Source The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is facing increasing erosion along rivers and canals, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.Tien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is facing increasing erosion along ri...
Ben Tre province repairs eroded riverbank section
16 August 20 Vietnamnet Source The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is restoring a section along the banks of Ba Lai river that eroded when a temporary dam was removed along the banks. The repair in Chau Thanh district's Phu Duc and Tan Phu communes is expected to be completed by the end ...
Cà Mau protects western sea dyke
e 10 August 20 Viet Nam News CÀ MAU — The southernmost province of Cà Mau has taken measures to protect its western 108km long sea dyke that is in danger of collapsing because of erosion, according to the province's Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and...
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Đồng Tháp faces increasing river erosion
05 August 20 Vietnam News Source ĐỒNG THÁP — Erosion along river banks in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has caused more than VNĐ8.2 billion (US$353,800) in property damage this year, according to the province's Irrigation Sub-department. Erosion along the Tiền and Hậu ...
Mekong Delta faces increasing erosion along rivers, canals
30 July 20 Vietnamplus Source The beginning of the rainy season has worsened land erosion along rivers and canals in the Mekong Delta HCM City (VNS/VNA) — The beginning of the rainy season has worsened land erosion along rivers and canals in the Mekong Delta.The delta, the country's large...
Erosion devours 12 Mekong Delta homes
06 July 20 VNExpress Source Eight families in Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau Province have been left destitute after their riverside houses were swallowed by erosion over the weekend.Residents near a tributary of Cai Lon River in Tam Giang Commune, Nam Can District of Ca Mau were woken near midn...
HN declares emergency over erosion in Chương Mỹ
03 June 20 Viet Nam News Source HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội's People's Committee has officially declared an emergency over erosion in some communes of Chương Mỹ District. Erosion was threatening the safety of dykes along the Bùi and Đáy rivers, as well as the safety of people and property, a represen...
Cà Mau Province orders preventive action against erosion, subsidence
21 May 20 Viet Nam News Source CÀ MAU — The Cà Mau People's Committee has ordered local authorities across the province to strengthen measures to check erosion and subsidence along rivers and canals, coasts and elsewhere to safeguard people and their properties. The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delt...
Underwater dyke set to save Cửa Đại beach from erosion
11 May 20 Viet Nam News Source HỘI AN — The central province of Quảng Nam has allocated a fund of VNĐ300 billion (US$13 million) to build an underwater dyke system protecting Cửa Đại Beach from erosion. An official from the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...
Long An to build erosion-prevention projects along rivers
24 April 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An will build erosion prevention projects along rivers to protect locals' properties and safety, the provincial People's Committee has said. One of the new erosion prevention projects is a 700 me...
Trà Vinh to build two erosion prevention projects
1 April 20 Viet Nam News Source TRÀ VINH — The Trà Vinh Province People's Committee has approved the construction of two embankment projects worth a total of VNĐ260 billion (US$11 million) to prevent river and coastal erosion. A 1.1km embankment section will be built along the Láng Thé Ri...