One summer morning, Le Thi Hong Mai's home collapsed into a river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where shoreline erosion caused by sand mining and hydropower dams threatens hundreds of thousands of people ...
MO CAY, Vietnam (Reuters) - In the dead of night, the entire front half of shopkeeper Ta Thi Kim Anh's house collapsed. Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took just a few minutes for ...
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A Peaceful Boat Ride in Mekong Delta

Experience a calm journey down the Hàm Luông River, deep in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Along the way, discover riverside homes, ...
Silently, our rowboat glides through waters thick with lotus flowers, water lilies, and vegetation and along narrow passageways lined by towering evergreen cajuput (melaleuca) trees whose outstretched ...
In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op. Credit... Supported by By Jess McHugh Photographs and Video by George ...
CAN THO, Vietnam (AP) — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to ...
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Mekong Delta's floods are

The beneficial annual floods Vietnam’s Mekong Delta gets has been steadily dwindling for the last 14 years. The sediment flows have now dropped by 70% compared to before 2000, and many fish species ...
WWF was one of the first International non-government organizations working in Vietnam. In 1985, WWF began working on a national conservation strategy and since then has worked closely with the ...
CAN THO, Vietnam — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to learn ...