VietNamNet Bridge – Sugarcane farmers in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai had lost hundreds of billions of dong due to a prolonged severe drought in the region,

More than 1,000 local and international delegates met in Can Tho today (September 26) to discuss measures to ensure sustainable and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An expensive irrigation system in Ea Sup District of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been lying idle, while local crops are parched.

The Mekong Delta will disappear in the next several decades once Pak Beng Dam and another 10 planned hydropower dams are built on the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia, 

Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region have begun this year’s first harvest season of brackish water shrimp, earning strong profits due to high prices and favourable breeding conditions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An historic flood, similar to the flood that battered the central region with 2,000 mm of rain in 1999, is predicted to hit Viet Nam in the second half of this year after the most severe drought in 100 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has decided to double the release of water from its Jinghong reservoir on the Mekong River to help Viet Nam mitigate the impact of a severe drought in the Mekong Delta provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will face its most severe drought in six decades over the next few months, the weather office has forecast, warning there will be a severe shortage of water for irrigation and saltwater intrusion up its rivers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the central province of Binh Dinh are struggling to find water to irrigate their rice paddies due to severe drought.