Mekong delta tour

Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the Mekong Delta region, the local media reported, citing sources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. A view of Cao Lanh City of Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta region. Excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the main causes of land subsidence in the region Chairing a thematic forum on June 18, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said that the Mekong Delta region is under increasing pressure from climate change. “Besides this, land subsidence, coast encroachment and landslides are increasing at a rapid pace,” Ha told the forum on water management, flooding, saline intrusion and responses to erosion and subsidence in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Meanwhile, Nguyen Huu Thien, an ecological expert, told Thanh Nien newspaper on the sidelines of a conference on the evaluation of the two-year roll out of the Government’s … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta sinking sparks concern

The Mekong Delta needs sustainable measures and sufficient financial resources to mitigate serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan, has said. Houses collapse into a river in My Hoa Ward, Long Xuyen City in Mekong Delta province of An Giang due to a landslide. — VNA/VNS Photo Cong Mao Speaking at a seminar held in Ca Mau Province on Tuesday (April 9), Tuan said that erosion in the delta had worsened in recent years because of climate change and human activities. VNS RELATED NEWSMekong Delta losing land from subsidence, landslidesMekong Delta erosion incidents increase … [Read more...] about Erosion-prevention measures urgently needed in Mekong Delta

Landslides have become a regular occurrence in the Mekong Delta. A landslide that occurred several days ago in Hong Ngu commune in Dong Thap province killed a 90-year-old woman. Tens of riverbank erosion cases occurred in recent days, causing severe damages to people’s assets. About six houses were partially damaged and 70 other houses had cracks, affecting the lives of 400 people. “It occurs every night and ‘swallows’ 2-3 inches of land. We have to evacuate to avoid possible damage,” Dang said. Meanwhile, massive sand exploitation still cannot be controlled, which has worsened landslides.  Thien Nhien Saline intrusion, landslides challenging Mekong Delta Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Tran Hong Ha said at a national conference recently that climate change in Mekong Delta "comes sooner and much faster than many scenarios" had predicted.   Floods, landslides kill two in Vietnam's northern region As of May 29, … [Read more...] about Landslides in the Mekong Delta causing serious erosion

Individuals, organizations and businesses are spending money, effort and time to clean up the Mekong River. Photographer Nguyen Viet Hung has just returned from a trip along 7,000 kilometers of coastline to take pictures of garbage. After nearly 2 months of traveling alone through 28 provinces from North to South, what he saw was garbage everywhere. He saw the beaches, nearly one kilometer long, with full of garbage and no sand. In many areas, people throw garbage into the river and the sea. According to UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), Vietnam ranks fourth in the world in volume of garbage discharged, with the volume of plastic waste into the sea hitting 0.28-0.73 million tons per annum, or 6 percent of the world’s total plastic waste. Christian Schmidt from Helmholtz Environment Research Center found that Mekong is one of the 10 most polluting rivers in the world which make up 88-95 percent of total waste into the sea. Mekong is no longer mysterious and attractive … [Read more...] about Vietnamese people join hands to save Mekong River

A young man in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has been captured after getting married to a 14-year-old girl in O Mon District, a local police officer said Wednesday. Tran Van Co, 21, has been detained and will be prosecuted for copulating with a child, his wife D.T.C.N., 14, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Huynh Thanh Can, deputy chief of the police department of O Mon District. D.P.D., the father of 14-year-old N., said she left school in the 6th grade and often went to the market to sell fish with her mother. With the little money she earned from helping her mother, N. usually went online at local Internet stores. Then, N. was employed by the owner of a coffee shop in the district and became acquainted with Co, who had just finished his military service and was also working as an employee at the shop. Ten days after they met, they fell in love with each other, and N. went to Co’s house and lived with the man as husband and wife. After seeing the two living together, … [Read more...] about Vietnam man arrested for marrying 14-year-old