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Half of Mekong Delta to be lost under sea level: research

3 November 2019
Vietnam Plus
Vietnam Plus, VNA
Irrigation and water management / Land / SDG 15 Life on land
đồng bằng sông Cửu Long / groundwater extraction / khai thác nước ngầm / land subsidence / Mekong Delta / saline intrusion / sụt lún / xâm nhập mặn

More than half of the Mekong Delta will disappear under sea level in the next two generations if no action is taken now, research has found.The results of the five-year-long ‘Rise and Fall’ research project funded by the Netherlands government announced recently shed light on ...

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