Plans for an additional 450,000ha under fruit and seafood production by 2030 as part of efforts to shift the region’s farming model toward more sustainable agriculture practices.
Category: Viet Nam
Vietnam’s main coconut growing area stressed by salinity
Historic levels of saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta have caused coconuts in Ben Tre Province to shrink by half in size and farmers’ incomes by even more.
Fielding some tough questions from the Mekong Delta’s field crab
There has been no oversight on the use of farm chemical, and it is not just the field crab, but many other species have disappeared in the delta.
Analysis: Vietnam’s drive toward electricity reform
Vietnam has instituted a top-down reform of its electricity sector in response to the need to shift away from coal and its growing list of associated problems.
Mekong Delta farmers lose durian farms to drought and salinity
This time last year durian trees were blossoming, in time for harvesting in January. Orchards now look like they were abandoned a long time ago and trees are dead.
Coffee shoes help entrepreneurs tread new ground
Their method sees old coffee mixed with recycled polyester from used water bottles to create the main material of the shoes which is coffee polyester yarn.
Southernmost province needs $820m to tackle climate change
The projects will also address the impact caused by landslides, subsidence, urban flooding, drought, water shortages, and saline intrusion.