Vietnam: Low-lying Mekong Delta deals with worsening land subsidence


A severe landslide along ​​a bank of the Tien River in Thanh Binh District in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Nov 28 (Vietnam News/ANN): The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region needs “consistent strategies” to deal with groundwater extraction, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion in an increasingly urbanising area, experts said yesterday at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

Speaking at the online event, Nguyen Huu Thien, an expert on Mekong Delta ecology, said that land subsidence is a threat to many of the world’s deltas, especially the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

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