Chuyên mục: Drought – Hạn hán

Vietnam, Laos Tackle South China Sea, Mekong in Bilateral Meeting

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Both sides address regional issues during the Lao president’s first overseas trip.

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By Prashanth Parameswaran
May 02, 2016

Last week, Laos’ newly elected president visited Vietnam in a bid to boost ties following leadership transitions in the two communist neighbors.

Bounnhang Vorachith, who clinched the post of Laos’ Communist Party chief back in January before being appointed president on April 20 by the National Assembly, made his official visit to Vietnam, which had also just finished going through its quinquennial Party Congress. The visit, which was his first overseas trip, lasted from April 25 to 27 and saw him meet with several top Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Vietnam’s first ever chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. The Lao president then wrapped up his trip with a visit to Ho Chi Minh city. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam, Laos Tackle South China Sea, Mekong in Bilateral Meeting” →

Viet Nam’s farmers suffer as El Niño contributes to widespread drought

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Published: 4 April 2016 11:48 CET
A Red Cross staff conducts an assessment with a household in Ben Tre province in Viet Nam. Photo credit: Viet Nam Red Cross Society

By Ly Nguyen, IFRC

Since the end of 2015, unusually dry conditions and a shortage of rainfall have seriously affected Viet Nam. These conditions which are associated with El Niño, have led to severe drought  in parts of the central, central highlands and southern regions of the country, including the Mekong Delta. Some water levels are at the lowest recorded in 90 years.

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Vietnam hit by worst drought in 90 years

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Scientists blame the ongoing 2015-2016 El Nino weather phenomenon, one of the most powerful on record, for the current drought.

 

A man feeds shrimps at a farm in Vietnam’s Mekong delta province of Ben Tre August 22, 2015. REUTERS/Kham
HANOI: Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said Monday (Mar 1,  2016).

“The water level of the Mekong River has gone down to its lowest level since 1926, leading to the worst drought and salinisation there,” Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy head of the hydraulics department under the Ministry of Agriculture, told AFP. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam hit by worst drought in 90 years” →