The Mekong Delta Region has a total of 564 erosion spots that are over 834km long. 104 spots that are 203km long are the most dangerous. Since 2010, erosion in Mekong Delta has become more urgent and dangerous every year. The Mekong Delta has lost about 300ha of land and mangrove forest to erosion. On May 27, the banks of the Hau River were washed away and one-third of the surface of Highway 91 was lost, threatening dozens of households. On May 13, the erosion on Bui Huu Nghia Street swept two houses into Binh Thuy River. Luckily no one was hurt. In April 2019, serious erosion occurred at the construction site of an incomplete embankment at the O Mon River in Can Tho City. Around 60 metres long and 5 metres deep land was lost. About 11 households were affected. The embankment project was approved after serious erosion occurred there in 2019, damaging 11 houses. Research and surveys have revealed erosion were caused by various reasons such as climate change. The construction of … [Read more...] about Erosion problem keeps getting worse in the Mekong Delta
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Rural residents in Mekong Delta need access to clean water
To reduce the exploitation of groundwater, Nam has petitioned MARD to take water from the Hau River, a tributary of the Mekong River, to Ca Mau. Ca Mau is the only province in the delta that cannot access water from the Mekong River. VNS … [Read more...] about Rural residents in Mekong Delta need access to clean water
Chinese dams withhold water, worsen 2019 drought in Mekong Delta: researchers
A new study by Alan Basist, director of Eyes on Earth, Inc., and Claude Williams from Global Environmental Satellite Applications, Inc. is drawing serious attention for its firm conclusion: the severe lack of water in the Lower Mekong during the 2019 rainy season was largely influenced by the restriction of water by dams on the Lancang River, as the Mekong is known in China. … [Read more...] about Chinese dams withhold water, worsen 2019 drought in Mekong Delta: researchers
Mekong Delta provinces discuss post-Covid-19 tourism strategy
Tran Huu Hiep, vice president of the Mekong Delta Tourism Association, said that the program is aimed at attracting local tourists from other localities to visit the delta, eventually paving the way for further measures to be undertaken to restore the international segment. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta provinces discuss post-Covid-19 tourism strategy
Despite good harvest, salt farmers battered by low prices
Low selling price Bac Lieu Province has two districts engaged in the salt farming industry, namely Dong Hai and Hoa Binh. Ben Tre has Ba Tri District with more than 1,020 hereditary salt-farming households in four communes, consisting of Bao Thuan, Bao Thanh, Tan Thuy, and An Thuy, with a total area of 850 hectares. The salt farming area in Bao Thuan and Bao Thanh communes alone accounts for 600 hectares. These are also the two communes recognized by Ben Tre Province as salt making villages. Mr. Tran Van To, a farmer in Bao Thanh Commune, said that his family has been following the salt-making industry for a long time. The initial cost for his 6,000 square meters of salt evaporation ponds is a few million Vietnamese dongs. However, the price of salt at the end of the crop is merely at VND25,000-VND28,000 per bushel that is not enough to make up for the cost for hiring workers to carry salt from the ponds to the shore which costs VND6,000 per bushel. Thanks to severe hot weather, the … [Read more...] about Despite good harvest, salt farmers battered by low prices
