Long Hau commune in Lai Vung district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is famous for building boats. Local boat makers, however, are struggling to preserve the traditional livelihood.
This year, the flood season came nearly two months later than previous years.Less flooding has affected the livelihoods of people in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
Many farmers who depended on catching fish and other aquatic creatures Mekong Delta have switched to other jobs since the delta has not seen major flooding in recent years.
The Mekong Delta needs to adjust to saltwater intrusion in the long term, as the ongoing drought and salt water encroachment are challenging response efforts, experts said.
A tour of yellow-eyed grass fields, a natural attraction in Dong Thap Muoi (plain of reeds) during the flood season, has been launched to attract more visitors during spring.
The central province of Thua Thien- Hue has splashed out 30 billion VND (1.33 million USD) on planting 290 hectares of forests, including 50ha of mangrove forest in response to climate change in 2015.
Thousands of households in mountainous or riverside areas of central Quang Ngai province are potentially in the path of landslides, which become a high risk during the flood season.
A Vietnamese children's book, entitled Cuoc Hanh Trinh Dau Tien (The First Journey), by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien has won Scholastic Picture Book Award's Grand Prize 2015.
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