A strategy and programme on children-oriented disaster risk mitigation for 2017-2021 with a vision until 2030 will be built, as heard a national conference held in the central province of Ninh Thuan.
The Prime Minister has recently agreed to advance 2.04 trillion VND (88.7 million USD) to help the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and localities implement projects to tackle drou
The Prime Minister has approved a project on emergency aid to overcome drought and saline intrusion in the South Central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions.
ietnam exported 2.93 million tonnes of rice with a value of 1.32 billion USD in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year plunge of 18.4 percent in volume and 14.4 percent in value.
Drought and saline intrusion this year caused a drop in the cultivation area and yield of sugarcane in the 2015-16 season, but farmers nationwide reaped profits from their harvests.
The impact of climate change and a rise in sea levels has accelerated the erosion of sea dykes in the Mekong Delta, with the southernmost province of Ca Mau being the most vulnerable.
Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh has directed relevant agencies in receiving and using the Asian Development Bank’s emergency aid to help the country deal with impacts of drought and saline intrusion.
The Ministry of Construction is calling for support for and experience sharing in management and operation of a World Bank-funded project to secure water supply in the Mekong Delta region.
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is facing a lack of shrimp for export due to the recent drought and saline intrusion that affected over 53,000 hectares of shrimp farms.
PM Phuc had a working session with authorities of Vinh Long on June 11, discussing efforts to overcome saline intrusion impacts and agricultural production restructuring.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has renewed the appeal to Japan to help Vietnam build mid- and long-term solutions to drought and salt water intrusion.
Vietnam needs to be well-prepared to cope with natural disasters, which have become more fierce and unpredictable in recent years, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said
Early downpour before the upcoming rainy season has cut down the salinity content from 2 to 4 times in rivers and agricultural land in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang needs more than 2.3 trillion VND (103 million USD) by 2020 to build irrigation facilities to prevent saline intrusion.
A contest entitled “Water and Life” was launched at a ceremony in HCM City on May 14 to call for initiatives and solutions on sustainable water use and management.
The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has allocated 86 billion VND (3.7 million USD) to help farmers who are suffering from losses due to the recent drought.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has implemented a project on managing and mitigating the risk of droughts and floods in the greater Mekong Sub-region.
A heavy rain that lasted for one hour on May 9 has helped ease the after-effects of saline intrusion in many parts of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang.
Shrimp-processing factories in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have been running well below their design capacity because of a shortage of raw materials.
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