Mekong Delta to face earlier, more severe salinity, droughts

Salinity and droughts will come earlier and be more severe in the 2019-20 dry season than the previous year in the Mekong Delta, according to Hoàng Phúc Lâm, Vice Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Quảng Trị’s Vĩnh Phước River on the verge of drying up Water levels of Vĩnh Phước River in central province of Quảng Trị has reached the lowest in 15 years, threatening water supply for 30,000 households in Đông Hà City and neighbouring areas.

Central provinces grapple with extreme heat, drought

A scorching summer day in Hoài Nhơn District, Bình Định Province could not stop farmer Trần An Diêm from working hard to dig a well in search of a precious source of water.

Anti-erosion infrastructure must be upgraded before rainy season: deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp has urged localities nationwide to step up the construction and repair of structures designed to prevent erosion along river banks and coastal areas before the rainy season in order to minimise losses caused by natural disasters.

Finding ways to develop central area’s economy Associate professor Trần Đình Thiên, former director of the Central Institute for Economic Management and member of the consultancy team for developing the central coastal area, talks to Đầu Tư (Investment) newspaper about economic development of the area.

Syria's breadbasket, Kurds and Damascus battle for wheat Gazing over his wheat field in northeastern Syria, farmer Adel Othman expects a bumper crop this year, but two rival authorities squabbling over his harvest have dashed his enthusiasm.

University sets up station to monitor greenhouse gas emissions

The University of Science under the Vietnam National University-HCM City has set up the first greenhouse gas monitoring station in the buffer zone of the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

One million species risk extinction due to humans: draft UN report Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends.

Parched Central Highlands urged to use efficient irrigation systems The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) provinces should speed up the use of efficient irrigation technologies to mitigate the effects of droughts and water shortages, Nguyễn Văn Tỉnh, head of the Irrigation Department, has said.

Northern and central provinces enter heat wave The ongoing heat wave in the northern and central provinces could last until next Monday (April 22) with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.