VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are harvesting their summer-autumn rice crop earlier than usual because of earlier than usual flooding. A farmer in Long An Province harvests his summer-autumn rice crop early because of rising floodwaters. – Photo sggp.org.vn Floodwaters in upstream provinces such as Dong Thap and An Giang are expected to rise rapidly in the coming days. Around 3,500 ha of summer-autumn rice crop has been destroyed in Long An Province’s Tan Hung District, according to the district’s Office of Agriculture and Rural Development. Farmers in the province have harvested around 22,000 ha out of 56,900 ha of rice, with … [Read more...] about Floods damage rice crops in Mekong Delta
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Hydropower dams, water diversion threaten Mekong Delta’s water security
VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have once again raised their concerns about water security in the Mekong Delta, saying that hydropower dams on the Mekong River's upper course as well as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia’s plans to divert the river are the biggest threats. Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Can Tho University’s Research Institute for Climate Change, said the Mekong Delta is facing six challenges: climate change; population increase and migration; natural resources overexploitation; environmental degradation; hydropower dams; and Mekong diversion plans implemented by Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Of the challenges, Vietnam can adapt to climate change, prevent population increase and migration, stop natural resource overexploitation and use the land in a more effective way. But it cannot adapt to or control hydropower dams and diversion projects. The building of hydropower dams on the Mekong … [Read more...] about Hydropower dams, water diversion threaten Mekong Delta’s water security
Mekong Delta Businesses Require Stronger Linkage and Cooperation in Int’l Integration
Mekong Delta Businesses Require Stronger Linkage and Cooperation in Int’l Integration In the framework of the Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum 2016 (MDEC-Hau Giang 2016), Southwest Steering Committee, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and Hau Giang People’s Committee have jointly sponsored a conference of constructive consultation between people’s committees of the Mekong Delta, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and business communities to create a favourable business environment, promoting trade and trademarks, attracting investment, and upgrading economic growth in the Mekong Delta. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr Le Hung Dung, Vice Chairman of Southwest Steering Committee, said that the government has decided 2016 is the year of National Business Startup in harmony with the development of business communities in Mekong Delta and nation-wide. According to the statistics of Foreign Investment Agency, the region … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta Businesses Require Stronger Linkage and Cooperation in Int’l Integration
Drought, saline encroachment continue in Mekong Delta: Mekong River Commission
Drought and saltwater intrusion are predicted to continue damaging parts of the Mekong Delta despite China’s release of upriver water, said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat Pham Tuan Phan. A deserted shrimp farming in Ca Mau due to seawater intrusion. The added supply can only ease part of the demand for irrigational water in the lower-river nations, Phan told a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Vientiane on March 23. He explained that the severe situation is mainly caused by the impacts of greenhouse effects and lack of rain. The water level of the Mekong River in Laos’ Vientiane rose to 2.04 metres on March 21, a one metre rise after China released water upriver, the MRC official said. Referring to Thailand’s installation of pump systems to take water from the Mekong River to supply for the country’s northeast region, Phan said the pumping, which is in a trial period, doesn’t affect the river water … [Read more...] about Drought, saline encroachment continue in Mekong Delta: Mekong River Commission
WATER RESOURCES IN THE MEKONG DELTA: A HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT, A FUTURE OF CHANGE
Introduction The Mekong Delta is characterized by change, which occur over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. In the past the delta lay submerged below the sea and today it continues to accumulate sediments from as far away as the Himalayas so that the delta is constantly changing and reclaiming land from the sea. In fact, because of the delta's dependence on a combination of ecosystem functions including tides, rainfall, and erosion that operate over a short timeframe, it is highly susceptible to human and environmental change. Now the Mekong Delta, a fringing ecosystem between terrestrial and marine environments, is facing perhaps the most devastating change of all, unique because Climate Change is bringing changes at a rate unprecedented in recent history. Whereas in the past change was a comparatively slow phenomenon with patterns set in motion over thousands of years, current changes require a sense of urgency as significant changes to the hydrologic regime are occurring … [Read more...] about WATER RESOURCES IN THE MEKONG DELTA: A HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT, A FUTURE OF CHANGE