VietNamNet Bridge - The Dong Nai River is under control and protection of many state management agencies, but supervision has been lax. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Lon – Cai Be irrigation project, which will connect the Cai Lon River to Cai Be River in the Mekong Delta region, faces opposition from scientists.

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. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region are taking steps to protect households and crops from flooding as water levels are expected to rise quickly in the next few days, 

The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has asked the Government to provide VND300 billion (US$12.7 million) to move locals from landslide-prone areas to new residential areas.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has instructed Mekong Delta provinces to keep farmers informed about weather and tide conditions so they can harvest crops unprotected by dyke systems.

Vietnam’s rice export price has unexpectedly surpassed Thailand’s prices, but the good news has been overshadowed by China’s higher import tariff on sticky rice and tighter control over imports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged authorities in the Mekong Delta region to use cutting-edge technologies to restructure the agricultural sector in the face of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of silt and sediment flowing down the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been decreasing, while the erosion of riverbanks and coastlines around the area is becoming more serious.

Officials and scientists have said that the accident at the Sepien Senamnoi hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos will not create a “water bomb” attacking the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Landslides in the Mekong Delta have occurred in over 560 riverside and coastal areas with a total length of 786 kilometers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Under the national power development plan in 2011-2020 (seventh plan) approved by the Prime Minister in 2016, a series of coal-fired power plants will be built in the Mekong Delta.

Coastal and riverbank landslides are now a hot topic in the Mekong Delta. In May and June, a series of landslide cases occurred in the delta’s provinces, from Ca Mau, Hau Giang and Can Tho to An Giang, Dong Thap and Vinh Long.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has seen a big jump in the number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta who sowed the summer- autumn rice crop early are facing a threat of lower yields and increased costs because of disease outbreaks.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two new hydropower projects, including Lao Pak Beng and Cambodian Sambor, on the upper course of the Mekong River have increased the risks for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.

Landslides are occurring in many localities in Mekong River Delta, though the rainy season has just begun. Ten serious landslide cases have occurred in Ca Mau, Hau Giang and Can Tho in the last two weeks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Landslides along riverbanks and the coast in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have been increasing as local authorities continue to struggle to find solutions amid a budget shortage.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – A single day’s trip from HCM City can take you to green and tranquil gardens in the Mekong Delta.

On May 9 police in Sa Dec City accosted Nguyen Van Thu at a car wash in Ward 1 and seized notebooks with records of his loans, more than 400 deposit contracts and identity documents and 3,000 flyers