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Saigon is sinking: Land subsidence an alarming issue in southern Vietnam: expert

Saigon is sinking: Land subsidence an alarming issue in southern Vietnam: expert

Sinking land has been blamed on excessive extraction of groundwater, as well as rapid urbanization.

Mekong Delta sinking as groundwater gets depleted

Mekong Delta sinking as groundwater gets depleted

The Mekong Delta is subsiding faster than the rise in sea level, causing urban flooding, and humans are to blame.

Double whammy: Coastal erosion, land sinkage plague Mekong Delta

Double whammy: Coastal erosion, land sinkage plague Mekong Delta

Co Thanh Binh's family has lost two houses and 200 square meters of land in Tien Giang Province to subsidence in the last decade.

November 13, 2019 | 09:45 pm PT

HCMC to spend $21 mln on environment monitoring system

HCMC to spend $21 mln on environment monitoring system

Saigon will become the first city in Vietnam to set up a comprehensive environmental monitoring system.

November 26, 2019 | 05:54 pm PT

Multimillion dollar Hoi An embankment subsides in just four years

Multimillion dollar Hoi An embankment subsides in just four years

An embankment section along the iconic Hoai River in the popular tourism town of Hoi An in central Vietnam has suffered heavy subsidence just four years after it was built.

September 23, 2021 | 04:34 pm PT

Severe subsidence and erosion afflict Vietnam's southernmost province

Severe subsidence and erosion afflict Vietnam's southernmost province

Tran Van Thoi District of the Mekong Delta's Ca Mau Province has suffered around 340 cases of subsidence and soil erosion along river and canal routes in the past two months.

March 1, 2024 | 03:41 pm PT

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