(VOVWORLD) - Drought and salt water intrusion have created a freshwater shortage in the Mekong Delta. For the past 4 years, engineer Tran Vu Thanh has been converting saltwater to fresh...
(VOVWORLD) - Traditional folk games have played an important role in Vietnamese culture. They still have been an almost magical attractions for Vietnamese children, and are played in every corner of...
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam on Tuesday gave supplies to Ninh Thuan residents to help them fight a drought and COVID-19
(VOVWORLD) - In response to changing climate and markets, farmers in Dak Lak province have begun intercropping various types of plants in their coffee orchards. The tactic has boosted their income, provided...
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated the Vietnamese government’s determination to contain the Covid-19 epidemic while carrying out systematic measures to boost the economy. He underscored...
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday urged relevant agencies to pay more attention to the prevention and control of natural disasters which have become more complicated and unpredictable
(VOVWORLD) - Drought in the Mekong Delta region will be basically mitigated by 2025, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep told reporters on Friday
(VOVWORLD) - 7,000 collectives and individuals have donated more than 6.5 million USD to Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 prevention and control fund, according to the...
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on Monday ordered advancing the export quota of 100,000 tons of rice from that set for May in order to ease difficulties...
(VOVWORLD) - Because of the global Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam's GDP grew just 3.82% in the first quarter, the weakest growth since 2011. Vietnam’s growth rate is still better...
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved an aid package worth VND 530 billion, or some 22.7 million USD, for drought, saltwater intrusion prevention in eight Mekong Delta...
(VOVWORLD) - Covering more than 3.2 million hectares of rice farmland, the Mekong Delta annually contributes more than half of Vietnam’s rice production and 90% of its rice exports. This contribution...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s agriculture is facing major challenges, including effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme climatic effects like hailstones, drought, and saltwater intrusion, and diseases of livestock and poultry....
(VOVWORLD) - The Mekong Delta is expected to yield 3 million tons of rice from the fall-winter crop, enough for the consumption demands of Ho Chi Minh City and the...
(VOVWORLD) - Businesses and individuals have donated generously to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, drought, and salt-water intrusion
(VOVWORLD) - Severe drought has affected various provinces in the southern central coastal region. Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen have confronted drought and shortage of water for two consecutive...
(VOVWORLD) - Ca Mau province has announced a Level-2 state of drought emergency after being seriously ravaged by a long drought
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Development Program (UNDP) has offered an aid package worth 185,000 USD to support the Mekong Delta’s response to drought and saltwater intrusion
(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government will provide 3.9 million USD in non-refundable aid to help the Mekong River Commission to increase its flood and drought monitoring and forecasting capacity...
(VOVWORLD) - Mekong Delta provinces are facing a more severe drought than in the 2015-2016 dry season, when historic drought and saline intrusion were recorded. Many localities have declared an emergency...