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A water supply station, which can turn saltwater with salinity of 16‰ into fresh water, was inaugurated in An Hiep commune, Ba Tri district, the southern province of Ben Tre, on November 26.

The Prime Minister has approved the more than 490 billion VND (22.05 million USD) plan of funding for the Mekong Delta province of Long An to build a reservoir to supply water for daily life and agric

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre called on local residents to store rainwater and fresh water for their daily use and production amid the impacts of climate change at a conference on June 14.

Health workers in the central province of Ninh Thuan have been trained to treat malnourished children who have limited access to nutritious foods and fresh water due to the prolonged drought.

Popular designer Adrian Anh Tuan will debut his latest collection titled The Superstar in HCM City, Hanoi and California, the United States, soon.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta provinces have helped locals cope with the prolonged drought and salinity in rivers, minimising the losses caused by the twin disasters.

UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson has pledged to do his utmost to encourage more support for Vietnam to deal with difficulties related to climate change.

As many as 14,472 households in the southernmost province of Ca Mau are facing a shortage of clean water, more than 8,000 of which are in dire need.

The northern province of Hung Yen targets 92 percent of residents having access to clean water by year’s end.

Vietnam must take drastic measures to tackle drought and saline intrusion to help ensure water security and prevent the politicisation of water in the region.

Home to the largest number of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta, Soc Trang province has recently been celebrating the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival.

The Southern Power Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam has employed synchronous solutions to meet the increasing demand for power in the region.

Tien Giang province is speeding up the construction of a water facility to supply fresh water to more than 30,000 households in the drought-hit Go Cong Tay and Tan Phu Dong districts.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta were advised authority’s guidance on when to start growing rice for the new crop as the water discharged from China’s hydropower station arrived in the region on April 4.

Water discharged from the upper Mekong River approached the Mekong Delta on April 3, with inflow forecast to peak between April 5 and 7.

A number of coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which are located about 25-40 km from the sea are expected to welcome inflows of fresh water in April when the tide recedes.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has provided maps of underground fresh water distribution for all thirteen Mekong Delta localities, aiming to facilitate their search for fresh water

Vietnam welcomes China’s plan to release water from its Jinghong Hydropower Station reservoir into the lower Mekong River in order to deal with drought in Vietnam from March 15-April 4.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has recently declared a natural disaster situation at level-1 risk in the locality because of serious salinity intrusion.

The prompt reserving of fresh water in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is of utmost importance in the coming months given the ongoing severe drought and saltwater intrusion.