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Mekong Delta protective forests wiped away by rising waters

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of households along the coast in Ca Mau province have been living in fear as hundreds of meters of protective forests have been lost to the sea each year.

Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – A knowledge hub to support climate change action was launched in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

Lights go out around the world for 10th Earth Hour

 The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change.

Land subsidence in Mekong Delta worsens

VietNamNet Bridge - Land subsidence in the Mekong Delta is becoming increasingly serious, caused mainly by overexploitation of underground water.

The struggle to replace aging coffee trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of capital and lack of technical assistance for farmers in the Central Highlands region are hampering efforts to replace old, unproductive trees on coffee farms. 

Vietnamese scientists perform well in 2016

VietNamNet Bridge - The role of Vietnamese scientists in the country’s development and people’s livelihoods was especially apparent in 2016.

Vietnam facing water security challenges

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s demand for water is skyrocketing while water resources are being depleted, certain river basins are being overexploited and competition for water resources is soaring.

Experts call for water storage for Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Environmentalists have underscored the importance of finding ways to store and share water resources in the Mekong Delta as climate change is inflicting huge damage on the arable delta.

Winter still to be seen in the north despite climate changes

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoians are experiencing an abnormally hot winter with higher average temperatures in the first half of December compared with the same period 10 years ago. 

Climate change paves way for disease epidemics to return

VietNamNet Bridge - Unusual climate changes provide favorable conditions for diseases to break out, while some infectious diseases eliminated in the past are likely to return. 

Climate change a major health concern for Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Climate change and abnormal weather conditions have strongly impacted people’s health, triggering disease outbreaks including recurrence of new epidemics,

Climate change triggers new diseases in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have found connections between climate change and the appearance of new diseases, especially vector borne diseases, including dengue fever and malaria.

Climate change could spur development of renewable energy in VN

The significant increase in temperatures, a longer dry season and shorter rainy season, rising sea water levels, and stronger southwest and northeast monsoons in the future could be advantages for the development of renewable energy projects.

No mangroves, no land, no work

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coastal communities in the south are in danger of losing their livelihoods to increasing land erosion resulting from the loss of a natural buffer - mangrove forests.

More coal plants will deepen - not cut - poverty, researchers warn

 Building just a third of planned new coal-fired power plants around the world would push hundreds of millions of people into poverty as it accelerates climate change past an agreed limit of 2 degrees Celsius of warming,

Scientists warn inshore water quality is deteriorating

VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Vietnam Sea and Islands said that Vietnam’s inshore water quality is still good, with most of the indexes meeting the Vietnamese standard. 

Mekong Delta to lack sufficient water in future, experts warn

Mekong Delta – the ‘land of rivers and water’  – is predicted to lack water in the future, experts warned at a conference on climate change and water resource management in late September. 

Climate change challenges power supplies

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Manh Tuan, deputy director general of Electricity Viet Nam’s Northern Power Corporation, spoke to the newspaper Nong Thon Ngay nay about plans to ensure constant power supply

HCM City: will flooding be eased after five years?

The HCM City authorities have set specific goals and decided to apply more serious measures in the action plan to reduce flooding in the 2016-2020 term with hopes of eliminating many ‘hot spots’. The plan is estimated to cost VND97.3 trillion.

Mekong Delta can reduce saline intrusion with two-crop method, say experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists believe that the current three-crop-a-year production policy will not help farmers escape poverty, and will only worsen saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta.