Saline intrusion threatens Mekong Delta
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region could suffer serious salt intrusion by the end of this month, according to the Southern Irrigation Institute.
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Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region could suffer serious salt intrusion by the end of this month, according to the Southern Irrigation Institute.
The central province of Quang Tri is building a dyke in Hieu river to prevent saline intrusion and supply water for local fields in Dong Ha city.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang allocated nearly 504 billion VND (21.72 million USD) for disaster prevention in 2018 to ensure production and people’s livelihoods for stable local socio-economic development.
The people’s committees of provinces and cities across the country have been ordered to outline plans to fight drought and saline intrusion in the context of low water levels in many reservoirs, making it hard to provide sufficient water for agriculture production during the dry season 2018-2019.
More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, according to experts.
More than 1.1 trillion VND (47.8 million USD) in official development assistance (ODA) was disbursed for socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang during the 2011-2016 period.
President Tran Dai Quang has urged authorities of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to focus on improving the quality of infrastructure planning for socio-economic and urban development, and effectively mobilising and using resources to promote its rapid and sustainable economic development.
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Ways Forward took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 19.
Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho had a working session on June 12 with representatives of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to discuss plans and measures to promote tourism development in the city and in the whole region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a speech at the Group of Seven (G7) Outreach Summit in Quebec, Canada on June 9 (Canada time), affirming Vietnam’s commitment to joining the international community in early translating the Paris Agreement into reality.
Can Tho city, with its position as a development driving force of the Southwest region, is selected as a main cooperation partner of Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture in improving the environment in the Mekong Delta region, a Hiroshima official has said.
Measures to deal with drought and saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta region were discussed during a workshop in Bac Lieu province on April 17.
Experts and representatives from the Government and international organisations met on April 6 in HCM City to discuss the feasibility of a sea dyke project.
Water and agricultural land in Nhon Hai commune, Ninh Hai district of the south central province of Ninh Thuan has been contaminated with high saline levels, affecting local production and livelihoods.
Among 12-13 storms forecast to enter East Sea, up to six are forecast to directly affect the mainland in 2018, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecastings.
Over 40,000ha of winter-spring and summer-fall rice in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang will be hurt by saline intrusion this year.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will help the central province of Ninh Thuan fight and adapt to natural disasters with a focus on children amid climate change.
A workshop on new techniques under the Consortium for Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE) was held in Can Tho city on January 30, highlighting the need to turn challenges into opportunities for Mekong Delta agriculture.
