According to Dang Minh Viet, head representative of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in Can Tho, the carrier resumed services on domestic routes linking Can Tho with Hanoi and Danang from April 17 and offers attractive airfares. It will reopen more domestic routes from June 2 to encourage local tourists to travel. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta provinces discuss post-Covid-19 tourism strategy
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Rural residents in Mekong Delta need access to clean water
To reduce the exploitation of groundwater, Nam has petitioned MARD to take water from the Hau River, a tributary of the Mekong River, to Ca Mau. Ca Mau is the only province in the delta that cannot access water from the Mekong River. VNS … [Read more...] about Rural residents in Mekong Delta need access to clean water
Erosion problem keeps getting worse in the Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta Region has a total of 564 erosion spots that are over 834km long. 104 spots that are 203km long are the most dangerous. Since 2010, erosion in Mekong Delta has become more urgent and dangerous every year. The Mekong Delta has lost about 300ha of land and mangrove forest to erosion. On May 27, the banks of the Hau River were washed away and one-third of the surface of Highway 91 was lost, threatening dozens of households. On May 13, the erosion on Bui Huu Nghia Street swept two houses into Binh Thuy River. Luckily no one was hurt. In April 2019, serious erosion occurred at the construction site of an incomplete embankment at the O Mon River in Can Tho City. Around 60 metres long and 5 metres deep land was lost. About 11 households were affected. The embankment project was approved after serious erosion occurred there in 2019, damaging 11 houses. Research and surveys have revealed erosion were caused by various reasons such as climate change. The construction of … [Read more...] about Erosion problem keeps getting worse in the Mekong Delta
Chinese dams withhold water, worsen 2019 drought in Mekong Delta: researchers
A new study by Alan Basist, director of Eyes on Earth, Inc., and Claude Williams from Global Environmental Satellite Applications, Inc. is drawing serious attention for its firm conclusion: the severe lack of water in the Lower Mekong during the 2019 rainy season was largely influenced by the restriction of water by dams on the Lancang River, as the Mekong is known in China. … [Read more...] about Chinese dams withhold water, worsen 2019 drought in Mekong Delta: researchers
Tourism revenue reaches VND8,300 billion in the first five months
The General Statistics Office (GSO) announced that Asian travelers that accounted for 72.9 percent came from main markets with a sharp fall, such as China (down 57.2 percent), the Republic of Korea (53.4 percent), Japan (48.2 percent), China’s Taiwan (46.1 percent), Thailand (41.5 percent), Malaysia (53.9 percent). … [Read more...] about Tourism revenue reaches VND8,300 billion in the first five months
