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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to make a full inspection of subsidence in the Mekong Delta provinces between 2020 and 2025. Erosion in Can Tho City in June. — VNA/VNS Photo The ministry will also install and operate an appropriate network of land-subsidence monitoring networks in the area at the same time. The move came following proposals by the Vietnam Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources. Tran Tan Van, head of the institute, said recent data showed that the Mekong Delta had suffered from land subsidence and the situation will become worse in the future while there was not a complete monitoring system installed in the area. Van said the inspection and installation would be implemented under two separate projects. After the projects are finished, the Mekong Delta would have a monitoring system appropriate to its geological characteristics, he said. This would help policy makers gain a realistic, clear and reliable information of natural … [Read more...] about VN Environment Ministry to survey Mekong Delta’s subsidence

Illustrative image. (Source: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – This summer-autumn crop, the Mekong Delta – Vietnam’s biggest rice granary – expects to harvest 150,000 tonnes of paddy more than last year, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The Mekong Delta has so far harvested about two-thirds of its 1.57 million hectares of rice with an average yield of 5.7 tonnes per hectare, up 100 kg compared to last year’s same crop, said Le Thanh Tung, deputy head of the MARD’s Department of Crop Production. The growth is more than enough to offset the falling output of the last summer-autumn harvest, estimated at around 50,000 tonnes, he added. The harvest of this season’s entire rice area is expected to be completed in early September and to date, there has been no report on effects of drought or saline intrusion. Tung noted that the harvest work of the summer-autumn crop is being favoured by low water and … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta expects 150,000 more tonnes from summer-autumn rice crop

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha (standing) speaks at the forum in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A forum in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18 once again urged effective solutions to riverside and coastal erosion, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion, which are getting worse in the Mekong Delta. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said the Mekong Delta plays a critical role in national food security and economic development.  However, the delta is being influenced by the growing water exploitation of countries upstream Mekong River, along with the increasing population and growth pressure that has led to higher water demand and water pollution. Meanwhile, inappropriate infrastructure development has resulted in unprotected water sources and land subsidence. Additionally, abnormal floods, more droughts, serious saltwater intrusion, widespread land subsidence, and riverside and coastal erosion … [Read more...] about Forum urges solutions to erosion, saline intrusion in Mekong Delta

At the workshop (Source: VNA) Ca Mau (VNA) – The Mekong Delta is subsiding at an alarming rate, and if the situation continues without effective solutions, the livelihoods of tens of millions of people will be threatened, especially those in coastal areas, heard a recent workshop. The Mekong Delta in Vietnam comprises 13 provincial-level localities with a total area of over 3.9 million hectares. As the biggest production hub of Vietnam, this region needs a huge volume of freshwater to serve agriculture, aquaculture, as well as industrial parks and nearly 18 million residents. At a workshop in Ca Mau province on October 15, Andreas Renck, a representative of Germany’s Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), said the delta boasts outstanding groundwater resources which have widespread presence and big reserves across the region. They are not affected by seasonal factors but naturally protected from pollution. However, the overexploitation of ground … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta subsiding at alarming rate: workshop

A bridge in the Mekong Delta region helps local residents transport goods (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - New highways in the Mekong Delta region have met transport demand, but have failed to meet the socio-economic potential of the area, experts have said. The HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway and Co Chien, Nam Can, My Loi, and Rach Soi bridges have been built, while highways 1, 91, 53, 54, 61 and others have been upgraded, contributing to regional development. In An Giang province alone, 18 roads link the province’s administrative centre with roads in districts and neighbouring provinces. In addition, there are also now 4,260km of roads in the province’s rural areas. The province has 301 waterways and My Thoi and Binh Long ports which serve 10,000-tonne to 3,000-tonne boats. However, Nguyen Viet Tri, Director of An Giang's Department of Transport, said that the province has not been able to have a … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta needs more investment for transport infrastructure