Mekong Delta authorities take measures to secure freshwater in upcoming dry season

08th Jan 22 Vietnamnews Source  HCM CITY — Authorities in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are taking measures to store water for irrigation and household use during the 2021-22 dry season. The delta, the country's largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, is forecast to face a higher lev...

Tiền Giang secures water for dry season with sluices, dredging of channels

 11th Dec 21 Vietnamnews Source TIỀN GIANG – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang has taken measures to cope with saltwater intrusion in its rivers in the coming dry season to protect its rice, fruits and other crops and ensure households have water for daily use. The coastal...

Despite decreasing rice-growing area, farmers still earn profits

 24 March 21 SGGPNews Source Mr. Le Thanh Tung, Deputy Director of Department of Crop Production under MARD, said that farmers in the Mekong Delta had harvested more than 1 million hectares of winter-spring rice, accounting for more than 60 percent of the total rice-growing area, with...

Saltwater intrusion to affect crops in Mekong Delta, farmers take preventive measures

12 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY – Saltwater intrusion will affect about 40,000ha of fruits and 5,000ha of rice in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta this month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Irrigation Department. The fruit areas are in Tiền Giang, Bến Tre, Vĩnh L...

Mekong Delta faces peak saltwater intrusion in March, April

04 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — Saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will continue to increase in March and April, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting. The peak of saltwater intrusion will occur during high tide on March 12 -16, March 27 – ...

Cửu Long Delta takes measures to cope with saltwater intrusion

20 Feb 21 Vietnamnews Source MEKONG DELTA — The Department of Water Resources Management under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has warned localities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) to prepare plans to cope with saltwater intrusion. The Mekong River has fallen to "abnormal" leve...

Mekong Delta ensures water supply as saltwater intrusion to be at above-average levels in dry season

 09 Jan 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY – Saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta in the 2020 – 21 dry season is expected to be higher than average, but not as severe as the last dry season. Phùng Tiến Dũng, head of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting's Hydro-Me...

Most serious saltwater intrusion in Mekong River estuary forecast for February, March

Vietnamplus Source Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta in the 2020-2021 dry season will be less severe than in the 2019-2020 dry season, with the highest level expected to be in February and March in Mekong River estuary and in March and April in Vam Co and Cai Lon rivers. Hanoi (VNA) – Sal...