Natural disasters cost Việt Nam $1.7 billion

18.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Update: April, 18/2017 – 09:15

A farmer of An Biên District in the Mekong Delta’s Kiên Giang Province is saddened by his withered rice field which was caused by a shortage of water and salt intrusion last year. Việt Nam is among the countries to be hit hardest by climate change, which is expected to exacerbate natural disasters in the country. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam needs to improve the quality of weather forecasting and enhance international co-operation to prepare for natural disasters, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

The PM made the statement at a meeting to review disaster prevention and control in 2016 and layout tasks for 2017.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, head of the Central Steering Commitee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, said, 2016 saw multiple extreme weather phenomena such as droughts, extreme cold weather, floods and storms, causing losses of VNĐ39.7 trillion (US$1.75 billion).

“Natural disasters struck from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, occurring in all regions with many types of natural disasters,” Cường said. Tiếp tục đọc “Natural disasters cost Việt Nam $1.7 billion” →

Cities not ready for climate change: experts

17.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

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Update: April, 17/2017 – 09:00

A flooded alley in District 12, HCM City. High tides broke sewer No. 4 in the district’s Thạnh Xuân 25 Street during the rainy season in October last year, flooding the neighbourhood and disrupting the lives of residents. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh

HA NOI – Most Vietnamese cities lack the capacity to confront climate change challenges, experts say, calling for greater preparedness efforts.

Cities have to be ready to adapt to new situations and unexpected developments, ensuring essential services to residents at all times, they add.

Surveys done by the Urban Development Agency under the Construction Ministry have found cities in mountainous areas particularly vulnerable to natural calamities. Tiếp tục đọc “Cities not ready for climate change: experts” →

PM green lights two large-scale reservoirs

17.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

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Update: April, 17/2017 – 10:19

Illustrative Image. — Photo baocongthuong.com.vn

HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has given the investment green light to building two large-scale reservoirs with capacities of nearly a million cu.m each..

The Đồng Mít Reservoir in the central province of Bình Định and Cánh Tạng Reservoir in the northern province of Hòa Bình aim to improve irrigation for agriculture production, improve water supply and living standards in the two provinces. Tiếp tục đọc “PM green lights two large-scale reservoirs” →

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17.04.2017 ~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

UNICEF Viet Nam – Xuất bản 27 thg 3, 2017

Hãy cùng chúng tôi hưởng ứng #NgayNuocTheGioi – bằng cách cùng nhìn lại chiến dịch #Nofilter, một chiến dịch truyền thông nhằm nâng cao nhận thức về hậu quả của biến đổi khí hậu. Thông qua loạt ảnh chụp trẻ em Việt Nam được tráng rửa theo cách thủ công và truyền thống (sử dụng film, nước và phòng tối), nhưng với nguồn nước ô nhiễm từ sông hồ gần nơi các em sống. Những bức ảnh bị hư hại nặng nề cũng chính là câu trả lời cho việc biến đổi khí hậu ảnh hưởng thế nào đến sức khỏe và sự phát triển của con em chúng ta.

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‘Zero recovery’ for Great Barrier Reef corals in back-to-back bleaching

10.04.201710.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

ChannelNewsAsia

Posted 10 Apr 2017 11:12
Updated 10 Apr 2017 11:21

An aerial view of bleaching in the Cairns-Townsville region of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef AFP/Ed ROBERTS

SYDNEY: Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has “zero prospect” of recovery, scientists warned on Monday (Apr 10), as they confirmed the site has again been hit by warming sea temperatures.

Researchers said last month they were detecting another round of mass bleaching this year after a severe event in 2016, and their fears were confirmed after aerial surveys of the entire 2,300km long bio-diverse reef.

Last year, the northern areas of the World Heritage-listed reef were hardest hit, with the middle-third now experiencing the worst effects. Tiếp tục đọc “‘Zero recovery’ for Great Barrier Reef corals in back-to-back bleaching” →

Coastal erosion threatens Bình Thuận Province

09.04.201709.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Viet Nam News Update: January, 27/2017 – 10:00

Erosion is seen recently in southern coastal Bình Thuận Province’s Tiến Thành Commune. VNA Photo

BÌNH THUẬN — Extreme weather conditions resulting in a complex tide phenomenon, landslides and sea erosion are threatening coastal areas in central Bình Thuận Province, authority officials and local people have said.

Mai Kiều, director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this week that landslides and erosion constantly hitting the province’s 10km coastline over the past 10 years had caused extensive damage to local life.

Tuy Phong District was the hardest hit area, with hundreds of households in the communes and townships, including La Gi, Tân Phước, Vĩnh Tân and Tiến Thành, faced with the high possibility of having to flee their homes.

Landslides and erosion have been increasingly impacting agricultural production; infrastructure, including roads and sea dykes; and particularly many protective forests.

The sea has completely destroyed over 450m of sea dykes and damaged nearly 300 houses and dozens of hectares of forest in the two areas of La Gi and Tân Phước alone, according to Kiều.

Last month, sea tides and waves 3-4m high devastated 150 households in Vĩnh Tân Commune, with some 300m of coastline completely eroded.

Tiếp tục đọc “Coastal erosion threatens Bình Thuận Province” →

Mekong Delta urged to store fresh water for 2017 dry season

08.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 08:15 | 06/02/2017

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VietNamNet Bridge – The dry season in 2017 is expected to be less severe than in 2016, but Mekong Delta will still face a lack of fresh water and saline intrusion, scientists say.

Localities in Mekong Delta are now taking initiative in storing water and cooperating with each other in exploiting water sources, getting ready to cope with drought and saline intrusion.

According to the Central Center for Hydrometeorology Forecasting, the 2016-2017 dry season is likely to end later than usual. It said the drought would be less severe than in 2015-2016, while the water level on Mekong River would be low and influenced by tides. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta urged to store fresh water for 2017 dry season” →

Central region recovers after mass fish deaths

07.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

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Update: April, 07/2017 – 09:00

Residents of Vĩnh Linh District in central Quảng Trị Province receive financial compensations for the environmental catastrophe caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation last year. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Tĩnh

HÀ NỘI — A year after the environmental catastrophe of mass fish deaths caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation, residents along the central coast are trying to return to a normal life.

Formosa’s actions polluted more than 200km of coastline in April last year, killing more than 100 tonnes of fish and devasting the environment, robbing thousands of people of their livelihoods and severely damaging the economies of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Tri and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces.

Fisheries and tourism, key economic sectors for the central region, were plunged into a serious crisis.

Residents surviving on fishing were rendered desperate and helpless, not knowing what to do with no fish or shrimp to catch. Tiếp tục đọc “Central region recovers after mass fish deaths” →

China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (consultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and download:China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

1. The Impact of Dams on the Mekong
2. Mekong sediment basics
3. Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development
4. China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin

Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (Consultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and Download:Corporate social responsibility in Mekong hydropower development

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

Mekong sediment basics

07.04.201708.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

CGIAR (Cnsultative Group in Agriculture Research)

Read and download:Mekong sediment basics

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

Series of “State of knowledge” on Mekong:

From dams to basins: mapping across scales

06.04.201707.04.2017 ~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Link to Mekong Hydropwer Map and Portal

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Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi

05.04.201705.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 17:17 | 05/04/2017

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

Youngsters plant a coastal protection forest in Soc Trang Province’s Tran De District. — Photo: VNA/VNS

The Climate Policy Hub, hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s regional office in Ha Noi, aims to generate robust evidence on climate change in countries across Asia, and assist in policy development and investment decisions aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

The hub offers agro-ecosystem diagnoses, mapping and modelling exercises, and economic and policy analyses, said Dr Dindo Campilan, CIAT’s Asia director at the inauguration ceremony. Tiếp tục đọc “Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi” →

Formosa Vietnam evaluated for furnace launch, one year after fish deaths

04.04.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 04/04/2017 16:00 GMT + 7

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Vietnam’s environment watchdog is inspecting a steel mill developed by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group to decide whether or not it can put a blast furnace into use, one year after the facility’s wastewater caused mass fish deaths the along country’s central coast.

The mass fish deaths, affecting four central provinces, was first recorded on April 6, 2016, but Formosa only admitted its responsibility in June the same year, pledging US$500mn in compensation.

The Taiwanese company has promised to fix all of its violations and make sure its steel mill, located in Ha Tinh Province, follows all environmental standards and requirements set by the Vietnamese authorities. Tiếp tục đọc “Formosa Vietnam evaluated for furnace launch, one year after fish deaths” →

Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding

31.03.2017 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 08:16 | 24/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, Mekong Delta residents, striving to produce as much rice as possible, built closed embankments to prevent floods and cultivate third crops. But now they need floods to preserve water to fight drought and saline intrusion.

Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Climate Change Research Institute under Can Tho University, said it was necessary to reconsider third-crop rice cultivation.

Tuan said many years ago, ensuring food security was the priority for the Mekong Delta.
Therefore, farmers tried to cultivate three rice crops a year to increase productivity. In order to do this, they had to build embankments to prevent floods. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding” →

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