Category: Viet Nam
Vietnam’s main coconut area attacked by pest for first time
Pesticides in use to kill black – headed caterpillars (Opisina Arenosella Walker) which have appeared for the first time in the Mekong province, damaging coconut trees.
Mekong Delta district lacks clean water for household use
About 5,600 households in Kiên Giang Province’s An Biên District lack access to clean water and have to harvest rainwater or buy clean water.
Samsung faces youth climate protests over Vietnam coal plant
Protestors gathered outside Samsung’s flagship UK store Friday, calling on the firm to halt plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in Vietnam.
Hanoi’s river water remains polluted
The quality of surface water in many lakes and rivers in the north has improved, but 15 monitoring areas of 185 that have been monitored remain heavily polluted, mainly on the Cau and Nhue-Day rivers.
Flood season coming late, drought may return to Mekong Delta
If there is insufficient rain in the months to come, drought and saltwater intrusion may plague the region again during the next dry season.
Vietnam mulls new 130 km Mekong Delta expressway
The Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway is among several planned or being constructed in the Mekong Delta region.