Environment

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has been seriously ravaged by long drought.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) signed an agreement on March 17 to support the Mekong Delta’s response to drought and saltwater intrusion.

Various locations in Krông Ana District in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk have become overloaded with trash, upsetting local residents while posing a serious environmental threat, reported online Dân Trí newspaper.

The southern tourist island of Phu Quoc is facing water shortage due to serious droughts.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a non-refundable aid worth 30.2 million USD to help Vietnam enhance climate resilience, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Hundreds of households in Kon Tum Province are complaining about pollution from a nearby dumping site.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to give VND350bn (USD15m) to five provinces in the Mekong Delta region to cope with the ongoing drought and saline intrusion.

The central region of Vietnam is at high risk of saline intrusion and drought, said Vu Duc Long, deputy director of National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Education for Nature-Vietnam has launched a short film about bear farming in order to criticise the practice and call for bear protection.

The temperatures in the northern region will drop to 15-20 degrees starting from March 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has pointed out an urgent need to ensure standardised drinking water for residents in the Mekong Delta while minimising socio-economic impact caused by drought there.

Members of the Women’s Association in the central city of Da Nang have over the years implemented a “green life” model, which creates jobs for women and protects the environment.

Thousands of hectares of rice and crops in the southern province of Long An have been seriously damaged by drought and saline intrusion.

Thousands of hectares of forest in the Central Highlands are facing a high risk of wildfire as the dry season starts.

In response to the ongoing drought and saltwater intrusion which impacts large parts of the Mekong Delta in southwestern Vietnam, the European Union is providing €60,000 (roughly 1.5 billion VND) in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected populations.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has appealed for an end to the wildlife trade and consumption across the Asia-Pacific region amid the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and similar diseases in recent years.

A waste treatment facility in Thua Thien-Hue Province has shown signs of deterioration despite the construction work yet to be finished.

Heavy rains have been forecasted for mountainous areas in the north from tonight and more rains for the northern region on March 3.

The Mekong Delta region is facing the high risk of forest fires due to hot weather and drought.