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Food shortages loom after floods destroy central Vietnam fields

Food shortages loom after floods destroy central Vietnam fields

Ho Van Rao's lush green fields in Quang Tri were buried under more than two feet of boulders, sand and other debris.
Vietnam susceptible to afforestation: expert

Vietnam susceptible to afforestation: expert

Around 700,000 ha of land in Vietnam are still available for afforestation purposes, an expert said while discussing the role of forests in flood prevention.
November 17, 2020 | 06:46 pm GMT+7
Coastal developments pay the price as storms wreak havoc

Coastal developments pay the price as storms wreak havoc

Large areas of the long coast have been eroded and various structures damaged by the barrage of storms that hit central Vietnam recently.
November 08, 2020 | 09:41 pm GMT+7
Deforestation, construction to blame for central Vietnam landslides

Deforestation, construction to blame for central Vietnam landslides

Deforestation, construction and other man-made changes to the natural terrain were responsible for multiple landslides in central Vietnam last month, according to an environment official.
November 02, 2020 | 03:57 pm GMT+7
Floods, landslides kill five in northern Vietnam

Floods, landslides kill five in northern Vietnam

Five people including three children in Ha Giang Province in the northern highlands died Tuesday amid heavy flooding in the region due to prolonged rain.
July 21, 2020 | 02:23 pm GMT+7
Another large National Highway chunk collapses into local river

Another large National Highway chunk collapses into local river

A 40 m long section of Highway 91, an arterial road in the Mekong Delta, has collapsed into the river in An Giang Province.
June 01, 2020 | 09:18 am GMT+7
Hoi An to build $46 mln anti-erosion embankment

Hoi An to build $46 mln anti-erosion embankment

Hoi An in central Vietnam will build an embankment worth VND1.07 trillion ($46.2 million) over the next four years to prevent erosion.
December 04, 2019 | 08:23 am GMT+7
Saigon, Mekong Delta areas have sunk nearly a meter

Saigon, Mekong Delta areas have sunk nearly a meter

Parts of Saigon and the Mekong Delta have sunk by up to 81.4 cm over the last decade, partly due to groundwater extraction.
November 26, 2019 | 08:00 am GMT+7
PM outlines $129 mln plan to fight Mekong Delta land erosion

PM outlines $129 mln plan to fight Mekong Delta land erosion

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc says the government will allocate VND3 trillion ($129 million) for the fight against land erosion in the Mekong Delta, an acute problem, in 2019-2020.
September 29, 2019 | 08:40 pm GMT+7
Mekong Delta province asks gov't for $41 mln to combat erosion

Mekong Delta province asks gov't for $41 mln to combat erosion

The southernmost Ca Mau Province is seeking VND947 billion ($41 million) from the government for emergency works to prevent erosion, which is increasingly threatening lives.
September 24, 2019 | 04:44 pm GMT+7
Province requests $30 mln to build anti-erosion embankments

Province requests $30 mln to build anti-erosion embankments

Ca Mau Province is seeking VND700 billion ($30.1 million) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to build embankments to check erosion.
August 24, 2019 | 10:00 am GMT+7
National highway continues to collapse into river in Mekong Delta

National highway continues to collapse into river in Mekong Delta

A 30 m section of National Highway 91 in the Mekong Delta fell into a river Tuesday, three weeks after a bigger collapse.
August 21, 2019 | 01:18 pm GMT+7
Mekong Delta province issues emergency warning over coastal erosion

Mekong Delta province issues emergency warning over coastal erosion

Severe erosion of a sea section prompted authorities in Ca Mau Province to issue an emergency warning on Tuesday.
August 07, 2019 | 06:26 pm GMT+7
National highway section in Mekong Delta collapses into river

National highway section in Mekong Delta collapses into river

A 100 m section of National Highway 91 in the Mekong Delta, which had developed a crack, broke away and fell into a river Thursday.
August 01, 2019 | 01:36 pm GMT+7
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