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Minister talks climate change response in Mekong Delta

Climate change response in the Mekong Delta, a region vulnerable to this global phenomenon, continued to be one of the issues that legislators grilled Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha about on November 1.
Minister talks climate change response in Mekong Delta ảnh 1Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha fields legislators' questions on November 1 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Climate change response in theMekong Delta, a region vulnerable to this global phenomenon, continued to beone of the issues that legislators grilled Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment Tran Hong Ha about on November 1.

At the question-and-answer session, part of theongoing sixth session of the 14th parliament, Ha said the Party and State havepaid much attention to climate change response in the Mekong Delta.

Relevant resolutions on this problem have beenissued, including the Government’s Resolution 120/NQ-CP 2017 on developing theMekong Delta adaptive to climate change. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hasordered a plan of action to be built to realise this resolution, and anestimated budget of about 12 trillion VND (516 million USD) for the plan hasbeen submitted to the PM, he noted.

Ministries, sectors and localities have proposedvery concrete tasks based on integrated approaches to climate change in theregion, the minister said.

[Vietnam exerts efforts to ease climate change impacts: official]

Aside from the plan of action, Vietnam is alsoimplementing a World Bank-supported project that focuses on piloting livelihoodmodels, completing relevant database and developing an integrated data centrefor the Mekong Delta.

The Government has spent more than 1.5 trillionVND (64.5 million USD) on addressing river bank and beach erosion, Ha said,noting that he expects the National Assembly will approve the funding forclimate change response activities in the time ahead.

The Mekong Delta, encompassing 12 provinces andone centrally-run city, covers about 4 million ha of land, equivalent to 13percent of Vietnam’s total area. It is the biggest aquaculture and riceproduction hub of Vietnam.-VNA
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