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Valuation of climate change impacts for better responses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs tools to calculate damage relating to climate change impacts to improve natural disaster response and mitigation work, 

Dry season to be severe this year: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Mekong Delta farmers experienced the worst dry season in history in 2016, and are now  facing another severe season in 2017. 

Mekong Delta faces increased risk of landslides as sediment loss continues

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, 55 million tons of sediment is lost from the rivers in Mekong Delta, 90 percent of which is sand. 

China builds hydropower plant in Laos, poses threat to Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have pointed out that field research results about the Pak Beng hydropower project in Laos are sketchy and do not provide sufficient information. 

Vietnam struggles to find solutions to prevent landslides

VietNamNet Bridge - Resources have been applied to prevent landslides in the Mekong Delta, but the problem has proven to be difficult to solve.  

An Giang seeks to relocate 20,000 families after landslide

An Giang Province wants the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to help frame housing policies that will enable the relocation of 20,000 families living in landslide-prone areas in the next five years.

Landslides threaten coastal provinces

VietNamNet Bridge - Landslides have been eroding coastal areas and tourism sites, seriously affecting the lives of thousands of people.

Indonesian rescuers fear nearly 30 people buried in Java landslide

 Indonesian rescuers, joined by police and soldiers, found one body and continued to look for 28 other people feared to be buried after a landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island,

Landslides threaten Hanoi’s riverside residential areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – The threat of landslides, particularly during the rainy and stormy seasons has concerned residents who live along the west bank of the Hong (Red) River in Ha Noi.

Laos builds third hydropower dam, threatening Mekong River in VN

Vietnam needs to find solutions to the increasing number of hydropower dams being built in regional countries. 

HCM City to provide temporary measures to houses at levels lower than roads

The Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Đinh La Thăng has asked the Department of Transport to adjust roads that have been built at levels higher than the ground floor of houses. 

Mekong River Delta faces risks of landslides

VietNamNet Bridge - As heavy rains have helped end the long drought in the Mekong River Delta, the delta’s people are facing a new danger – landslides.

A year after Nepal quake, some united in grief; others climb again

 For survivors and relatives of victims of a landslide that struck with the force of half an atom bomb it is a time to grieve. For witnesses to a fatal avalanche at the Mount Everest base camp, it is time to climb again.

Cua Dai Beach disappearing because of erosion

VietNamNet Bridge - The long strip of beaches with high-end resorts along Cua Dai Beach area in the ancient city of Hoi An is at risk because of soil erosion.

Floods spark landslide in eastern China killing 21 people

 More than 2,000 rescuers are searching for survivors of a landslide in eastern China that has killed at least 21 people.

Mountains of coal sludge still threat to lives in Quang Ninh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not until recent rain and floods claimed 17 lives and caused millions of dollars worth of damage were the landslide and pollution risks taken seriously in the coal producing province of Quang Ninh.

Sand exploitation killing rivers

VietNamNet Bridge - Illegal sand exploitation is occurring on rivers throughout the country, according to Dr. Vu Ngoc Long, head of the Southern Ecology Institute, and the Southern Chief Representative of the Vietnam River Network.

Landslide paralyses Dien Bien-Lai Chau highway for a week

 VietNamNet Bridge – A rolling landslide caused by prolonged heavy flooding crushed a long stretch of National Highway 12 linking the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Lai Chau on August 3.

More landslides occur in Mekong River Delta

VietNamNet Bridge - Landslides in the Mekong River Delta have depleted natural resources and damaged many houses.

Landslides in Mekong River Delta getting worse

VietNamNet Bridge - Landslides in the Mekong River Delta have deprived locals’ of their homes and depleted natural resources.