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HCM City annually subsides 4 cm partly due to groundwater exploitation
HCM City experiences an average subsidence rate of 4 centimeters a year, partly due to rampant groundwater exploitation.
HCM City cracks down on groundwater exploitation
The People’s Committee of HCM City is taking measures to restrict groundwater exploitation, which has led to increased water pollution, flooding and subsidence.
Japanese encephalitis cases increase in Vietnam
Because of increasing trend of Japanese encephalitis cases in the country, Vietnamese Ministry of Health issued June 27 some warning of the disease.
HCM City restricts groundwater exploitation
VietNamNet Bridge – Groundwater is receding by 0.5-1 metre a year in HCM City, Nguyen Van Nga, head of the city's Natural Resources and Water Division, has warned.
