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Mekong Delta should shift towards adapting to climate change: PM
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a conference reviewing two-year implementation of the Government’s Resolution 120/NQ-CP on climate resilient and sustainable development of the Mekong Delta region.He said there is a need for measures to improve public awareness on climate change and spread effective models ...
Vam Cong bridge open to traffic in Mekong Delta
Vam Cong bridge spanning the Hau river to link up Can Tho city and Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta was open to traffic on May 19 at an inauguration ceremony, co-organized by the city and province people’s committees.Breaking ground in September 2013, the ...
University sets up station to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
The University of Science under the Vietnam National University-HCM City has set up the first greenhouse gas monitoring station in the buffer zone of the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.The station was set up with the co-operation of ...
Boosting Mekong Delta sustainable development
After more than a year of implementing the Government’s resolution 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change, up to now, the Mekong Delta has gained a number of achievements. It is necessary to build a new rural scheme for ...
Anh Quang
Mekong Delta attempts to combat saltwater intrusion
Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta is expected to increase between April 28 and May 6 as the volume of water flowing southward from the Mekong River will decline, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Irrigation Department.During the dry season this year, ...
Action plan promulgated to develop Mekong Delta’s adaption to climate change
A comprehensive action plan has been promulgated to realise the Government Resolution 120/NQ-CP dated November 17, 2017, on facilitating sustainable development in the Mekong Delta in adaptation to climate change.The action plan defines six key groups of solutions to realise the resolution, focusing on reviewing ...
Vietnam, Netherlands cooperate in water management in Mekong Delta
Various solutions for sustainable water management were raised at the Water Business Dialogues held by the Netherlands Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11. Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora Van Nieuwenhuizen spoke highly of Vietnam’s great attention to issues regarding ...
Dutch-funded educational cooperation project for sustainability launched
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 10 to launch a project on educational cooperation for sustainable changes in Vietnam’s deltas, attracting the participation of the project’s Vietnamese and Dutch partners.Funded by the Dutch government, the project will run between 2019-2021. The project revolves around ...
Work accelerated to built master plan for Mekong Delta’s sustainable development
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), together with relevant ministries and agencies, is accelerating the building of a master plan for the Mekong Delta’s sustainable development in adaption to climate change to 2030 with a vision to 2050.The master plan will serve as ...
Scientist suggests ‘green turbine’ as energy solution for Mekong Delta
A national energy center will open in the Mekong Delta as more and more power plants are being built there. It is expected that power plants in Mekong Delta will have total electricity capacity of 18,224 MW, or 7.6 times bigger than Son La hydropower plant, ...
Thanh Lich
