A 30-metre section of Highway No 91 in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang fell into the Hau River on Tuesday after the soil underneath it eroded.

Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent researcher on the ecosystem in the Mekong Delta talks to Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper on the serious problem of land erosion in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents living along the Hong (Red) River said that illegal sand exploitation during the rainy season had caused erosion and seriously affected their lives, reported online newspaper vov.vn. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land erosions have caused major damage to property in Ca Mau Province’s Nam Can District, the Vietnam News Agency reported on May 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A stretch of a major embankment on National Route 24 in the Central Highlands city of Kon Tum has eroded while under construction.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Too many hydropower projects, poor environmental impact assessments of their dams, and overexploitation of sand are haunting Hoi An City and surrounding areas. 

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Serious landslides along the Lam River in the central province of Nghe An pose a major threat to the safety of more than 40 north-south trains that pass this section every day, particularly during storm and flood seasons.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal sand exploitation by local residents and authorities along the Dong Nai River has increased rather than diminished in the last decade, despite efforts to ban it.