Mekong River Delta: Large-scale transformation to cope with climate change
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan said that land use planning should be carefully considered in preparation for large-scale transformation in the Mekong Delta.
Dr. Nguyen Van Thang - Director of the Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Meteorology and Climate Change, said that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment informed that the actual measurement data show the impacts of climate change on the South in general and the Mekong River Delta in particular are faster and increasingly heavier than forecast.
According to Thang, the extreme phenomenon of climate change most clearly through the frequency of rainfall and abnormal drought occurring throughout the southern provinces in recent years. In many provinces, annual rainfall increases by 5-20%, but the rainy season tends to be shorter and rain occurs out of season.
Joan Vila