The Mekong River

Reuters HANOI (Reuters) - More than 100 people in Cambodia and southern Vietnam have died in the worst flooding along the Mekong River in 11 years after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Worse could be in store if Typhoon Nesat, which killed at least 39 people [...]

Staff Writers Saigon GP Daily. Translated by Hai Mien. The administration in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has asked authorities to step up measures to protect residents and over 26,000 hectares of rice crops from rapidly surging floodwaters on September 27. Floodwater levels in the upper reaches have risen even further with gushing [...]

By SeafoodSource staff The area dedicated to clam and scallop farming in Vietnam’s seven Mekong Delta provinces is expected to more than triple in the next four years and more than quadruple in the next nine years, the Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported on Tuesday. Citing Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and [...]

Teerapong Pomun, Director at Living River Siam via Stimson The Mekong River is very important for millions of local communities along the mainstream and its tributaries who depend heavily on the river’s natural ecosystem functions. The health of the river is the health of the communities. Changes in the river basin mean a lot to [...]

VietNamNet Bridge Floods in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is now at the highest level since 2003. The upstream flood in the Mekong River keeps rising. The Central Hydrometeorology Center reported that the highest flood on September 18, exceeded the second alarming level, with 4.16m high in Tien River, 3.54m high in Hau River and 3.7m high [...]

Special Report from The Bangkok Post Sunday Five months after Mekong countries agreed to reconsider the controversial US$3.8 billion (115.25 billion baht) Xayaburi dam project, construction work around the site has continued despite Laos’ undertaking to suspend the work. Bangkok Post Sunday revisited the site and found construction of a major road leading to the [...]

By Natalia Real for fis.com Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) helped create a cultured prawn strain that grows 25 per cent faster than others. The development will feed the millions of people who live in the Mekong River Basin and who depend on fish and prawns for their animal protein and their [...]

Phak Seangly and Tep Nimol for the Phnom Penh Post Officals in Phnom Penh are bracing the city against rising floodwaters in the Tonle Sap and Mekong river system that have inundated areas of three provinces, as authorities upstream in Thailand warn that water levels in Thai dams are reaching dangerously high levels. The Ministry [...]

Viet Nam News CUU LONG DELTA — Local officials of the upper-stream provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have been ordered to intensify inspections of dykes and sluice gates to protect people and crops from floods. In Nghe An Province, intense rains over the past four days had killed at least two and left [...]

Phuoc Buu for Viet Nam News Scientists say the southern part of the country has great potential for producing fuel from natural waste HCM CITY — The development of biomass energy has rich potential in Viet Nam and offers a far better option than hydropower plants that cause considerable damage to the environment, biodiversity and [...]