Mekong Delta to release floodwaters into rice fields to fertilise soil, destroy pests.

 31 Aug 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Farmers in Dong Thap Province's Hong Ngu District will not grow the autumn-winter rice crop, the year's third, on more than 9,000ha and will instead release floodwaters into their fields to fertilise the soil and destroy pathogens and pests. The ups...

Mekong Delta province declares state of emergency as waves erode embankment

 28 August 20 VN Express Source With its coastal embankment threatened by collapse, Ca Mau Province is seeking urgent solutions to save residential areas and farmland. The province entered a state of emergency Thursday to respond to any damage occurring as a three kilometer (1.86 miles) co...

Meeting on solutions for fresh water supply in the dry season of 2020-2021

24 August 20 Ben Tre Government Online Portal On the morning of August 20, 2020, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huu Lap and Nguyen Truc Son co-chaired a meeting to hear water supply businesses report on solutions for fresh water supply in the dry season of 2020-2021 a...

Mekong Delta district lacks clean water for household use

24 Augusr 20 Vietnamnet Global Source About 5,600 households in Kien Giang Province's An Bien District lack access to clean water and have to harvest rainwater or buy clean water from other areas, according to the district's People's Committee. In the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta district, only 9,98...

Polluted Mekong Delta river kills fish, contaminates water sources

18 August 20 VN Express Source A section of the Cai Lon River in Hau Giang Province has turned black and foul-smelling, killing fish and contaminating local water sources. For the past several days Ly Minh Lam, a resident of Long My Town in the Mekong Delta province, has been unable to use wate...

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 ...

Vietnam’s main coconut growing area stressed by salinity

13 August 20 VN Express Source Historic levels of saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta have caused coconuts in Ben Tre Province to shrink by half in size and farmers' incomes by even more. One afternoon in early August, Tran Trung Tac, owner of a dwarf coconut grove, opens 100 coconuts one b...

Fielding some tough questions from the Mekong Delta’s field crab

 11 August 20 VN Express Source Field crabs! I got excited thinking about them as I made plans for a homecoming trip to the Mekong Delta. "There would be nothing better than a soup of field crabs cooked with katuk and luffa in this rainy season," I told my older brother on the phone when h...

Mekong Delta farmers lose durian farms to historic drought and salinity

06 August 20 VN Express Source Farmers in the Mekong Delta are chopping down hundreds of hectares of durian trees that were lost to drought and saltwater intrusion. For years Le Van Thoi has earned VND600-800 million ($25,800-34,400) a year from his durian farm in Cai Lay Town in Tien Giang Pro...

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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 ...

Heavy rains, strong winds damage houses in Mekong Delta

03 August 20 Vietnamplus Source HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Heavy rains and strong winds damaged houses and caused erosion along riverbanks and coastal areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta over the weekend (August 1-2).In Can Tho city, heavy rains and strong winds blew off the roofs of six houses and ...

Tien Giang revives durian orchards hit by saltwater intrusion

 03 August 20 Vietnamplus Source The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has stepped up measures to recover durian orchards damaged by severe saltwater intrusion and drought in the 2019 – 2020 dry season Tien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has stepped up measures to ...

The struggle for the soul of the Mekong River

 31 July 20 Bangkok Post Source In June of this year, the FAO's annual State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report ranked the Mekong Basin as the world's most productive freshwater fishery, accounting for over 15% of global annual freshwater fish catch. Meanwhile, WWF Researchers estim...

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...

Mekong Delta province unveils $820-mln plan to combat climate change

 28 July 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Ca Mau Province has presented a master plan to fight climate change impacts in the next decade that will cost an estimated VND19 trillion ($820 million). Vietnam's southernmost province has come up with the plan for execution in 2020-30 that seeks to pr...