Climate vulnerability threatens the future of the Mekong Delta, leading to increased floods, droughts and challenges in farming. Migration from the delta to cities is increasing as residents seek ...

A traditional rice field on an island in the Mekong river near Tra Vinh City that will be harvested and transitioned into a shrimp pond at the end of the wet season. Credit: Quinn Goranson In the ...

Accelerating salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta makes scientific clarity on its root causes essential for effective ...

The sprawling Mekong Delta has been worst hit by salination in a region that provides half of Vietnam's rice and 60 percent of its shrimp and fish. Low river levels have allowed seawater to penetrate ...

On any list of places menaced by climate change, Vietnam’s broad and fertile Mekong Delta ranks near the top. And yet, as I wrote for Mongabay four years ago, rising seas and changing weather patterns ...

Vietnam will begin a major expansion of a nearly 100km expressway next month to ease chronic congestion on the main artery ...

A vast experiment in land and water use management is now underway in the Mekong Delta, the part of Vietnam most threatened by the destabilizing effects of climate change. Competing visions for how to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAN THO, Vietnam (AP) — Dao Bao Tran and her ...