VietNamNet Bridge – Local people in craft villages that make fishing nets and other tools are now busy serving the needs of fishermen during the annual flooding season.

Thousands of people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta living in upstream provinces are benefiting from the annual flood season, known informally as the “floating season”, because of its benefits to locals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 10-year-old boy who suffered from multiple organ failure after contracting dengue fever has been discharged from the hospital after a more than month-long recovery period, 

VietNamNet Bridge - The proposal to buy electricity from Lao hydropower plants has been facing opposition from many researchers, who say that benefits are small compared with the costs.

Vietnam, located in the lower course of Mekong, is at a disadvantageous position as more and more dams have arisen on the upper course of the river.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Dong Nai River is under control and protection of many state management agencies, but supervision has been lax. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Lon – Cai Be irrigation project, which will connect the Cai Lon River to Cai Be River in the Mekong Delta region, faces opposition from scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Van Sanh from the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, in an article on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon, says that water sources have not been managed or used effectively. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region are taking steps to protect households and crops from flooding as water levels are expected to rise quickly in the next few days, 

The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has asked the Government to provide VND300 billion (US$12.7 million) to move locals from landslide-prone areas to new residential areas.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has instructed Mekong Delta provinces to keep farmers informed about weather and tide conditions so they can harvest crops unprotected by dyke systems.

Vietnam’s rice export price has unexpectedly surpassed Thailand’s prices, but the good news has been overshadowed by China’s higher import tariff on sticky rice and tighter control over imports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged authorities in the Mekong Delta region to use cutting-edge technologies to restructure the agricultural sector in the face of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of silt and sediment flowing down the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been decreasing, while the erosion of riverbanks and coastlines around the area is becoming more serious.

Officials and scientists have said that the accident at the Sepien Senamnoi hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos will not create a “water bomb” attacking the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Landslides in the Mekong Delta have occurred in over 560 riverside and coastal areas with a total length of 786 kilometers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Under the national power development plan in 2011-2020 (seventh plan) approved by the Prime Minister in 2016, a series of coal-fired power plants will be built in the Mekong Delta.

Coastal and riverbank landslides are now a hot topic in the Mekong Delta. In May and June, a series of landslide cases occurred in the delta’s provinces, from Ca Mau, Hau Giang and Can Tho to An Giang, Dong Thap and Vinh Long.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has seen a big jump in the number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year.