Water resources

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Water resource conflicts rising in VN: experts

13 November 2017
Vietnam News
Ground water / Irrigation and water management / Marine and coastal areas / Rivers and lakes / Rural sanitation / Rural water supply / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation policy and administration / Water pollution / Water rights
conflicts / unsustainable / water resources

Water resources have become a source of increasing conflict, highlighting issues of unsustainable exploitation and environmental degradation, experts say. The conflicts are at several levels – between development policy and preserving the environment, damage claims over, and access to water for daily life and production.Keep ...

 VNS Reporter

Hydropower dams endangering aquatic resources on Serepok River

12 November 2017
Vietnamnet
Hydropower dams / Irrigation and water management / Rivers and lakes / Water rights
aquatic / hydropower dams / resources / serepok

The rich aquatic resources on Serepok River are in danger as more hydropower dams are being built on the mainstream, leading to changes in the water current and environment. Serepok has a basin area of 12,030 square kilometers in Vietnam and mainstream total length of 290 ...

 Thien Nhien

Landslides in Mekong Delta could lead to serious flooding

8 November 2017
Vietnamnet
Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration / Floods / Irrigation and water management / Marine and coastal areas / Rivers and lakes / Storms
flood / landslide / Mekong Delta

There are 562 landslide spots in Mekong Delta with total length of over 786 kilometers, according to the General Department of Disaster Prevention and Control.Keep reading ...

 VietNamNet Reporter

Vietnam releases water from brimming reservoirs as APEC summit nears

8 November 2017
Reuters
Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration / Irrigation and water management / Rivers and lakes / Storms
APEC / flood / reservoirs / water

Vietnam released water from seven dangerously full reservoirs on Tuesday to avoid further flooding, after a weekend typhoon killed nearly 90 people. Authorities said particular effort was being made to avoid flooding around the city of Danang, which will host U.S. President Donald Trump, China’s Xi ...

 Mai Nguyen

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