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Loan sharks cause suffering in Mekong Delta, central provinces

On May 9 police in Sa Dec City accosted Nguyen Van Thu at a car wash in Ward 1 and seized notebooks with records of his loans, more than 400 deposit contracts and identity documents and 3,000 flyers

Online tourism businesses thrive in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Many travel firms, after making heavy investments in online tourism, are earning increasingly high revenue. 

Risking one’s life to catch poisonous snakes

VietNamNet Bridge - T.V.L. in Kien Giang province is a “snake hunter” well known all over the Mekong Delta. 

Mekong Delta provinces vow to improve tourism services

A project to develop tourism in the Mekong Delta in the context of climate change has been signed by three parties, including real estate developer Novaland, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Military Bank (MB).

Mekong Delta must develop in sustainable way, or risk serious damage: experts

Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent expert on Mekong Delta’s ecology, has praised the government’s Resolution on developing the Mekong Delta by 2050 in a sustainable way in the context of climate change. 

Vietnamese affected by climate change struggle to make a living

Droughts, rising sea water level, and the increased frequency of heavy rains and storms have caused huge damages to the economy, reducing GDP by 1-2 percent, according to GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation).

Mekong Delta braces for salt intrusion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities and people living in the coastal areas of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have taken several measures to prevent saltwater intrusion, including building of dams.

Edible-nest swiftlet business booms and blares in Mekong Delta

The blooming lucrative business of raising edible-nest swiftlets has led Mekong Delta families to race to turn their own homes into potential birdhouses—a process in which they play an all-day siren call to attract the birds.

Travel firms to sell ‘experience’, not tours

VietNamNet Bridge - Only unique or unusual tours can satisfy the increasingly high requirements of tourists today.

Woman rejects money to keep fish sauce traditions alive

On a recent sunny day, Phan Thi Kim Ngan, 53, wore an old palm-leaf conical hat, as she removed the cover of a barrel containing traditional fish sauce in her garden in Con Son Commune in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho.

Mekong Delta students recycle waste mud to potting soil

 VietNamNet Bridge – Potting soil made from wastewater, a project initiated by two college students, offers a comprehensive solution to protect the environment and create economic value in the Mekong Delta.

Lotus farm-tourism model faces market hurdles in Mekong

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hon has been a farmer all of his life. Now, in his mid 50s, he is working as a tour guide. 

Tram Chim National Park develops tourism in sustainable way

With a special-use forest and wetland ecosystems, Tram Chim National Park is Vietnam’s fourth Ramsar site and the world’s 2,000th.

The dual benefits of climate change solutions

Scientists from the Institute of Environmental Management Science have carried out research evaluating the dual environmental benefits brought by climate change adaptation solutions.

Only a fundamental mindset shift can save the Mekong Delta: expert

Well-meant but misguided climate change interventions in the Mekong Delta are set to do more harm than good, and only a change in policymakers’ mindset can reverse the damage, 

Will a carbon tax be imposed on coal-fired thermal power plants?

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that if Vietnam imposes a carbon tax on coal-fired plants, ‘clean power’ will be able to compete with thermal power.

Mekong Delta farmers find opportunity in climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local farmers in the Mekong Delta Tra Vinh Province have turned challenges, triggered by climate change, into opportunities to earn money.

Scientists oppose building of coal-fired power plants

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts are calling her the immediate stop of construction of new coal-fired plants in the Mekong Delta.

Mekong Delta to improve tourism services

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over the last year, according to provincial authorities.

Coal-fired power plants serving industry worsening pollution

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s coal-fired power plants which generate electricity and those serving industrial plants are worsening pollution.