Amid the severe impact of climate change and sea level rise, especially in the Mekong Delta region, there are three key pillars for Vietnam to base itself on in designing policies to tackle the problem, Dr. Tran Huu Hiep underlined in his recent article run on Saigon Giai phong newspaper.

VOV.VN - The opening five months of 2021 saw Vietnam’s tea exports to China and India rise considerably, recording increases of 87.7% and 457.5% year on year respectively, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam has set a goal of building and maintaining a national water resource monitoring system and another system to forecast flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion and rising sea water level by 2030.

VOV.VN - La Nina is set to remain until May before concluding and moving to a neutral state during the final months of the summer, according to predictions made by the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - The nation’s Mekong Delta region is set to suffer periods of severe droughts and saltwater intrusion in late 2021, according to a warning from meteorologists.

A number of hydropower and thermal power companies are facing hardships due to the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has beaten Thailand to become the second biggest rice exporter in the world after the latter decided to slash rice exports due to prolonged drought and strong baht.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has beaten Thailand to become the second biggest rice exporter in the world after the latter decided to slash rice exports due to prolonged drought and strong baht.