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Mekong Delta braces for dry season with water storage arrangements
People living in the Mekong Delta are installing tanks to store water for the dreaded dry season, and authorities are building artificial lakes.
Drought, scorching summer demand turn the heat on power industry
Prolonged drought and increased summer demand are exerting great pressure on the electricity industry as water levels in several major dams drop significantly.
Mekong Delta's reservoir of abundance runs dry
Arguably Vietnam's most fertile region, feted for long as the nation’s granary, the Mekong Delta is now a ghost of its former self.
April 30, 2020 | 03:30 pm GMT+7
Mekong Delta struggles to find freshwater as drought, salt intrusion continue
People in Ben Tre and Tien Giang provinces are relying on freshwater supplied by trucks since salt intrusion in rivers has made tap water unpotable.
March 22, 2020 | 02:39 pm GMT+7
Mekong Delta parched in aftermath of 2019 El Nino
Parched fields, cracked earth and dry water channels are nothing unusual in the Mekong Delta, which is facing yet another drought this year.
February 20, 2020 | 07:44 am GMT+7
Mekong Delta's city hit by saltwater intrusion in rivers
Can Tho is the latest to fall to the relentless flow of seawater into Mekong Delta rivers.
February 14, 2020 | 10:35 am GMT+7
Mekong Delta's biggest reservoir contaminated by saltwater intrusion
Seawater has intruded into the Mekong Delta's largest reservoir, Kenh Lap in Ben Tre Province.
February 05, 2020 | 01:58 pm GMT+7
Giant fresh water bags offer reprieve in Mekong Delta salinity battle
Facing increasing saltwater intrusion, Mekong Delta farmers test-run storage bags capable of holding 30 cubic meters of freshwater.
December 18, 2019 | 08:32 pm GMT+7
Early saltwater intrusion threatens yet another Mekong Delta crisis
With saltwater intruding deep and earlier than expected, people living in the Mekong Delta face a crippling freshwater shortage.
December 16, 2019 | 09:03 pm GMT+7
Oil-fired electricity production to triple as dams go dry
Vietnam's oil-fired power generation is set to triple next year as a water shortage threatens production amid rising demand.
November 14, 2019 | 04:00 pm GMT+7
Water shortage reminds Hanoians of decades past
With tap water affected by the contamination of a local river, Hanoians are wrestling with a water shortage just like in the old days.
October 19, 2019 | 07:50 am GMT+7
Da Nang hotels struggle with water shortage
Some hotels in Da Nang, a top holiday destination in Vietnam, are unable to accept bookings because they do not have enough potable water.
August 24, 2019 | 09:56 am GMT+7
Drought puts central Vietnam irrigation lakes out to pasture
Prolonged drought has dried up irrigation lakes in Thua Thien-Hue Province, turning some into pasture land and revealing arid soil in others.
August 06, 2019 | 04:50 pm GMT+7
Water shortage threatens 138,000 families in central Vietnam this summer
Some 138,800 households in the central region might experience a water shortage this summer as the levels in major rivers have dropped below normal.
July 25, 2019 | 08:11 am GMT+7
Power consumption surges as summer heats up
Vietnam is seeing a surge in electricity demand as summer heat intensifies while water shortage constrains power production.
May 20, 2019 | 10:32 am GMT+7
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