Vietnam Airlines to launch IPO this month; Japanese funded tuna project hits the rocks; Tax exemption for incomes from global Gov't bond; Savills property price index up in major cities;  Slight increase seen in buying power

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower dams expected to be built on the upper course of Mekong pose the biggest threat to the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Houses, production land, protective forests and embankment works have been swept away by sea water, and some fear the Ca Mau Cape disappear in the future because of continued landslides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 230 contestants have participated in the northern and southern primary rounds of Miss Vietnam Pageant 2014.

Vietnam, Switzerland work on low-cost medicines; Int’l science film festival 2014 to open; Mekong Delta to benefit from transport links; Dong Thap to preserve 57 rare species; Domestic vaccine producers to benefit from new incentives

 Farmers in the Mekong Delta have been warned to store water for farming as saltwater intrusion is predicted to get more severe from the coming dry season due to the sharp decrease in the floodwater volume in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge – Newly built seafood and garment factories have polluted once-pristine rural areas in the Mekong delta, but relief seems far away.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is considerable overlap in the nation's climate change and green growth policies, and the country needs to better prioritise funding in implementing them,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho City and seven provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have been speeding up construction of flood-proof residential clusters and moving people from flood-prone areas into them.

 Bright prospects for food and beverage exports in the US; Mekong Delta region exports over 4 million tonnes of rice; Derivatives market framework in progress; ADB revises growth estimate; Viet Nam achieves $2.5b trade surplus in 9 months

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has written to the Government seeking to temporarily shut down two sugar factories in the Mekong Delta for causing pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land erosion is becoming severe in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, affecting the lives of thousands of people.

 With its vast cajeput forests and beautiful scenery, the Gao Giong Eco-Tourism Area in the Mekong Delta is an attractive destination, especially in the flood season.

VietNamNet Bridge – A number of waterway projects are being carried out in the Mekong Delta in a bid to enhance the region’s transport capacity, lower transportation costs, reduce the burden on overland routes, and improve the region’s links

In the flood season, special markets appear in the southwestern region, selling animals that are caught thanks to water rising, such as eels, snakes, turtles, rats, snails, and crabs. When the flood recedes, the markets also close.

VietNamNet Bridge – Climate change is hitting the Mekong Delta much earlier than expected, Phung Duc Tien of the National Assembly Commission of Science and Technology told Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Snake attacks have plagued the Mekong Delta's Can Tho City and Hau Giang Commune for nearly a month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bio-technology plays a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impacts of global warming, a conference heard in HCM City last Tuesday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Mekong Delta have raised their voice against hydroelectric plants developed on the Mekong River in Laos, saying that those projects would cause huge difficulties for them in cultivation,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta region will need around VND44.55 trillion to control floods, adapt to climate change and cushion the impact of rising sea levels on agricultural production, infrastructure and local communities.