Every year, the southern region loses 300 hectares of land because of subsidence and landslides. The Mekong Delta, for example, is sinking faster than predicted. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will likely have to face another El Nino spell in the 2018-2019 winter-spring period. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A study by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment shows that one of the most critical problems for environmental security is climate change.

 Four senior figures behind efforts to limit climate change have warned that the planet "is at a crossroads" as key talks opened a day early in Poland.

 Thousands of Australian school students have urged greater action on climate change in protests across the country.

 The European Union says it is aiming to become the first major economy to go "climate neutral" by 2050.

 Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple’s legendary CEO Steve Jobs predicted that the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be the intersection of biology and technology.  

 A new report on the potential of heavy industry to combat climate change offers a rare slice of optimism.

 Rising numbers of extreme wildfires could result in a significant increase in CO₂ emissions, scientists warn.

VietNamNet Bridge - Kien Giang, the southernmost province of Mekong River, bordering the West Sea, is facing challenges caused by climate change. 

 England’s coastal communities haven’t faced up to the reality of rising seas through climate change,

 As well as rapidly reducing the carbon dioxide that we humans are pumping into the atmosphere in huge amounts, recent scientific assessments of climate change have all suggested that cutting emissions alone ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sinking situation of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta in the south of Vietnam—seen in the rising tides and worsening floods affecting the region—is obviously caused by climate change. 

 The anti-plastic "fervour" sweeping across the UK is weakening the fight against climate change, the founder of an organic food company has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A landmark UN report on the impacts of global warming was shared in Vietnam on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investing in irrigation works has proven effective task in the fight against rapid desertification in the southern province of Binh Thuan.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Van Sanh from the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, in an article on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon, says that water sources have not been managed or used effectively. 

 It may sound like the title of a low budget sci-fi movie, but for planetary scientists, "Hothouse Earth" is a deadly serious concept.

Phan Van Tan from the Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography Faculty of the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences, said storms cause devastation but also bring certain benefits.