The situation of landslides along riverbanks and coastlines in the Mekong Delta is becoming increasingly severe, while preventive measures are challenging due to a lack of funding.

The Mekong Connect 2023 Forum will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15 and 16, highlighting the connection of supply and value chains between the city and 13 Mekong Delta localities towards a green and sustainable economy.

Localities in the Mekong Delta region have been offering incentives and taking a range of solutions to lure more investment inflows into agriculture and rural development, in line with the region's potential and strength.

Improving profits for rice growers is always a concern of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), as well as the rice processing and trading business community.

The Mekong Delta will receive additional capital of VND4 trillion (nearly US$164 million) to combat riverbank and coastal erosion.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai yesterday signed Decision 1162/QD-TTg on additional capital for the Mekong Delta to carry out erosion fighting projects for its riverbanks and coastal areas.

Climate change has reduced the flow of the Mekong River over the past ten years, and causing impacts for the Mekong Delta in the region, including Vietnam.

Heavy rains overnight in the Mekong Delta left some provinces under water.

Experts said salt water intrusion in the Mekong Delta could intensify in the coming months as the dry season leaves coastal regions exposed.

When floodwaters enter fields in the southern province of An Giang province, it is time for local farmers to harvest water lilies.

With 35-55 million cubic meters of sand extracted each year, the Mekong Delta’s sand reserves could be completely depleted before 2035, according to research from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam.

The region has a total of about 120 million cubic metres of sand while the demand for four ongoing expressway projects is 53.68 million cubic metres.

Craft villages that make tools for catching fish and other aquatic creatures in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are beginning peak production as the flooding season gets under way.

The Mekong Delta is entering the flooding season with 1m of water lower than this time in other years. This signals grave challenges brought by El Nino and asks for practical solutions to fight against unpredictable weather in the near future.

The region is also witnessing faster sea level rise than forecast, with all 13 cities and provinces of the delta are at high risk of flooding due to climate change.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed to allocate an additional VND4 trillion from the 2023 state budget’s contingency fund to support 18 anti-erosion embankment projects in the Mekong Delta region.

One of the critical factors helping attract impressive industrial investments to the Mekong Delta is a series of important infrastructure projects, according to Savills Vietnam.

Flooding due to the rising water levels in the Mekong River amid the ongoing rains has brought fish and other creatures into rice fields in Đồng Tháp Province.

The Mekong Delta, so far considered one of the largest rice fields, fruit orchards, and aquaculture farms in the nation, is in need of breakthrough mechanisms and policies to attract more investment for further agricultural development.

Vietnam’s 25 percent broken rice price increased over the last month, climbing to a record high after India imposed a rice export ban, leaving Thai and Pakistani rice prices far behind.