Related news from: Mekong River Delta

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  Landslides in Mekong River Delta getting worse

  (10:29:02 AM 24/06/2015)

  Landslides in the Mekong River Delta have deprived locals’ of their homes and depleted natural resources.

  Tags: Vietnam, landslide, Mekong River Delta,
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  The salt water season comes in Mekong River Delta

  (09:12:31 AM 31/03/2014)

  The sea water rise and the salinity intrusion has made the people in Mekong River Delta suffer.

  Tags: salinity intrusion, mekong delta
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  More landslides occur in Mekong River Delta

  (15:18:15 PM 25/06/2015)

  Landslides in the Mekong River Delta have depleted natural resources and damaged many houses.

  Tags: Vietnam, landslide, Mekong River Delta,
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  What will happen if there is no more sand in the Mekong River Delta?

  (18:18:01 PM 08/05/2015)

  Scientists call sand the “skeleton” from which the Mekong River Delta was formed.

  Tags: Vietnam, sand, Mekong River Delta,
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  Mekong Delta residents object to Don Sahong dam construction

  (10:11:15 AM 27/01/2015)

  People in the Mekong Delta and scientists have opposed construction of Don Sahong Dam in Laos and other dams on the Mekong River, according to the Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN).

  Tags: Don Sahong dam, Mekong River, Mekong Delta,
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  Mekong Delta short of freshwater as authorities lack funds

  (14:52:17 PM 06/02/2015)

  A number of projects to supply freshwater to Mekong Delta (Cuu Long River Delta) provinces are still on paper as local authorities lack sufficient capital to implement them

  Tags: Vietnam, Mekong River Delta, clean water,
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  Giant catfish caught in Tien River in Mekong Delta

  (15:08:33 PM 19/06/2013)

  A fisherman in Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta caught a giant catfish weighing 63 kilograms in the Tien River on June 15

  Tags: Mekong Delta, Tien River, Giant catfish,
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  Hau River dredging resumes after 2 years

  (10:09:56 AM 14/05/2014)

  Following a two-year delay due to financial difficulties, work to dredge and deepen the Hau River in the Mekong Delta has resumed after the National Assembly approved a VND6 trillion (US$300 million) Government bond issue to fund it.

  Tags: Hau River, dredging, resumes, after, 2 years
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  Resource depletion in Mekong delta alarming

  (07:58:46 AM 23/06/2014)

  Scientists and administrators once again rang the bell of alarm against a rapid depletion of natural resources, a biodiversity decline and climate change causing adverse impacts on farming and the livelihood of people in the Mekong Delta at a forum held last week.

  Tags: Resource, depletion, in Mekong delta, alarming
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  Mekong Delta residents urged to collect rainwater, not underground water

  (11:38:50 AM 25/11/2014)

  Using rainwater for daily life is believed to be the optimal solution for the water shortage problem in Mekong River Delta, where overexploitation of underground water sources has occurred.

  Tags: Mekong Delta, residents, urged, collect, rainwater, underground water
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  Erosion in Mekong Delta worsens

  (11:02:17 AM 30/10/2014)

  Houses, production land, protective forests and embankment works have been swept away by sea water, and some fear the Ca Mau Cape disappear in the future because of continued landslides.

  Tags: Erosion, Mekong Delta, worsens, Vietnam
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  Erosion threatens homes in Mekong Delta region

  (14:11:30 PM 26/02/2014)

  Thousands of families in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta live in erosion-prone areas, and local authorities are struggling to ensure their safety.

  Tags: Mekong Delta, erosion, threaten, river banks sank,
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  Mekong River among top five river cruises in Asia

  (09:57:36 AM 23/07/2014)

  The UK daily Telegraph has cited the Mekong river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City as one of the top five river cruises in Asia.

  Tags: Mekong River, cruises, Asia, Far Eastern cultures,
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  Mekong hydropower plants deprive farmers of their livelihood

  (16:21:11 PM 08/09/2014)

  The influences of the hydropower dams on the Mekong River on Vietnamese farmers are becoming more apparent: floods and salinity have penetrated rice fields, aquatic resources have decreased, and alluvium cannot reach the delta.

  Tags: Mekong, hydropower, plants
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  Mekong conqueror plans river clean-up

  (10:51:24 AM 22/01/2015)

  After Remi Camus ended his six-month-long, 4,400-km swim along the Mekong River in Viet Nam's Tien Giang Province last year, he returned six months later to seek partners for his initiative to collect rubbish dumped in the world's 10th-longest river.

  Tags: Mekong River, safe drinking water, serious pollution,
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  Sand exploitation threatens Mekong Delta

  (15:10:25 PM 30/06/2015)

  Policymakers and experts gathered at Can Tho City on Friday to discuss and propose an inter-provincial policy for the sustainable management of sediment in the Mekong Delta region.

  Tags: Mekong Delta, sand exploitation, threaten,