From DZ Times A 32 million EUR urban water supply programme for the Mekong Delta region, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), kicked off in Vinh Long province on Nov. 26. Under the programme, a loan scheme of 30 million EUR will provide consultation services for technical support to the provincial water supply companies [...]
From Tuoi Tre in the delta… Nearly 500 fishermen from the Mekong Delta’s Ca Mau Province are in custody overseas after entering the waters of neighboring nations, according to an official report released Saturday. The Ca Mau Department of Natural Resources and Environment said nearly 500 crewmen on 43 fishing boats caught this year are [...]
by Tim Johnston of The Financial Times From the window of his office in the Laotian capital Vientiane, Jeremy Bird looks down on a lazy arc of the Mekong river about half way along its 4,400km journey from its turbulent headwaters high in the mountains of China to the rich sediment plains of the delta [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese farmers are attempting to export ca noc, or puffer fish, a poisonous fish found in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Vietnam Fisheries Association is moving ahead with plans to turn puffer fish, which due to its poison, is often called the “death fish”, into a valuable export item. The association believes export of [...]
VNS reports from the delta city of Can Tho The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Pham Khoi Nguyen, said Viet Nam was one of the five countries most vulnerable in the world to climate change because of high population density in its low-lying delta regions. He said the Vietnamese Government, in its efforts to [...]
Thanh Nien Daily in the delta Groundwater levels have sunk 17 meters over a decade while much of the supply has been contaminated with arsenic. The over-exploitation of groundwater will push the Mekong Delta and southeastern provinces into a critical water shortage over the next decade, experts have warned. Scientists have also found high levels [...]
By Catherine Makino for IPS TOKYO, Nov 11 (IPS) - There is more to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s pledge last week to extend at least 500 billion yen (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in fresh assistance to the Mekong region than meets the eye, or so observers think. Japan’s underlying intentions toward the Asian economies, especially [...]
From Voxy News in New Zealand 143 New Zealanders leave Auckland this Friday to go to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and China to help build 162 homes in 5 days, joining 3,000 volunteers from around the world. The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project (JRCWP) is a catalytic kick start event leading to the building of [...]
By Chris Green for The Independent It sounds like the plot of an Indiana Jones movie: an archaeology professor with little more to go on than a yellowing photograph discovers part of a 900-year-old statue deep in the Cambodian jungle, rewriting history in the process. Dr Peter Sharrock, a senior teaching fellow in the art [...]