Jun 30 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam At least 400 tons of farmed fish died over the weekend in the Mekong Delta, destroying the livelihoods of dozens of breeders. Fish breeders in Trung Kien … Read article… Thanh Nien Daily website
Tags: fish breeders, fish farmer, Hau River, mekong delta, pollution, spillage
Jun 30 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam The Red River Delta and Mekong River Delta will be the most affected, with 80 per cent of farmland in Mekong River Delta submerged under water. … Read article… Vietnam News website
Tags: climate change, climate refugee, global warming, mekong delta, red river delta, reforestation, research, sea level
Jun 30 2008 in Cambodia, Vietnam by Paul
Study first published in December 2005 - Ian G. Baird, Global Association for People and the Environment, and Meach Mean, 3S Rivers Protection Network Through field research conducted over a one year period with local fishers, this study determines the current state of the Sesan Rivers fisheries. … Download pdf from this page Visit International [...]
Tags: environmental damage, environmental impact, fisheries, fishermen, hydro projects, river, tributary of the mekong, water
Jun 29 2008 in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam by Paul
When the Sesan River started behaving unusually in late 1996, communities in Northeast Cambodia attributed it to the spirits that they believe in. … Read article… Visit International Rivers online
Tags: community, riparian communities, tributary of the mekong
Jun 29 2008 in Vietnam by Paul
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam The Can Tho Airport now under upgrade in the Mekong Delta will receive domestic passenger flights early next year, according to Nguyen … Read article… VietNamNet Bridge News website
Tags: airport, Can Tho, domestic airport, mekong delta
Jun 28 2008 in China by Paul
On Line opinion - Australia Yunnan has a number of hydropower stations under construction on the lower-and middle-reaches of the Lancang River, with 11GW and plans for dozens more … Read article… Visit On Line Opinion
Tags: capacity, China, electricity shortage, hydropower, infrastructure, opinion, power outage, renewable energy
Jun 28 2008 in Cambodia by Paul
Phnom Penh Post - Phnom Penh, Cambodia Written by Porter Barron After almost 140 hours of dolphin-spotting on the Mekong River from Kratie to the Lao border, researchers estimate 71 dolphins survive, although the … Read article… The Phnom Penh Post website
Tags: Freshwater Conservation Program, irrawaddy dolphin, mekong, river dolphin, wwf
Jun 28 2008 in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam by Paul
Since 2003, Vietnam has also been constructing dams on the Srepok River without public consultation or consideration of the impacts on downstream … Read article… Visit International Rivers online
Tags: community, hydropower, river, transboundary, tributary of the mekong
Jun 28 2008 in Cambodia by Paul
BOOK REVIEW Phnom Penh - A Cultural and Literary History by Milton Osborne Reviewed by Andrew Symon Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong … his energies on the environmental challenges the region now faces from hydropower and other modern developments on the Mekong River and its tributaries. … Read review…
Tags: book review, milton osbourne, Phnom Penh - A Cultural and Literary History
Jun 27 2008 in contamination, health, mekong delta, Vietnam by Paul
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam An unlicensed distiller was arrested Wednesday in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho after beverages he sold apparently killed two people in Tan Phu Ward. … Read article… Thanh Nien Daily website
Tags: distillery, mekong delta, unlicensed distillery