 Drought sends farmers rushing to rescue rice (11/03/2010) |
 Unusually hot, dry weather has put thousands of hectares of rice in the country’s central and Mekong Delta regions at risk of a poor harvest. Residents and local leaders are now undertaking drastic measures to ensure the winter-spring crop does not go to waste...
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| More than 400 Adolescents Attend the Talk Themed “Climate Change and Youth’s Responsibility”(11/03/2010) |
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On the morning of March 6, in the Dong Nai Training College of Economics, Youth Union of Group of People, Government and Party held the talk entitled themed “Climate Change and Youth’s Responsibility”. Assistant Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ky Phung from Southern Sub-institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment accompanied by more than 400 Youth Union members from professional schools under the group and the Provincial Public Security members joined the talk...
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| Long-awaited rain helps save rice (11/03/2010) |
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Thanks to a northern cold front, Vietnam’s north-central region finally saw rain on March 9, helping anxious rice farmers save billions of dong after a two-week drought. The farmers had been forced to pour money into hiring laborers and purchasing petrol for machines to help irrigate their water-starved rice fields...
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| North to heat up (11/03/2010) |
 A cold front that began Monday evening has gradually weakened, looking to bring higher temperatures to the north, the national weather bureau said March 10. According to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center...
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| More provinces warned of wildfires(10/03/2010) |
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The number of provinces in danger of wildfires in the country has since last week doubled to 22 as scorching heat has shown no signs of abating, according to the Forest Protection Department.
Satellite images last night showed there were 17 sites vulnerable to wildfires, with most of them in the Central Highlands and the northern upland...
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| Two-day cold snap hits northern region (10/03/2010) |
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The weather in the north of the country today remains cold although the temperature is expected to rise over the next few days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecast...
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| Germany, Australia sign up for Vietnam climate fight (10/03/2010) |
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Germany and Australia signed a joint communiqué with Vietnam in Hanoi Monday for funding and managing climate change projects in the country.
The two governments will jointly fund environmental projects along the Mekong Delta coast where rising seas due to climate change are expected to cause a massive loss of agricultural lands and flooding...
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| Hot weather, farmers burn down forests in north (10/03/2010) |
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Rising temperatures caused by El Nino and slash-and-burn agriculture have caused 150 fires that destroyed more than 1,600 hectares of forests in the first two months of this year.
The destruction has been worse than in the whole of 2008 or 2009, according to the Forest Protection and Management Department...
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| Ministry to tackle drought (10/03/2010) |
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc spoke to Nguoi Lao Dong (The Labourer) newspaper about the country-wide drought and plans to mitigate it...
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| Cold spell persists in north, south sizzles (10/03/2010) |
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A cold front that began Monday evening in northern Vietnam is forecast to continue over the next couple of days, accompanied by rain and strong winds, according to the national weather bureau.
The National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center said temperatures could drop to 13-15 degrees Celsius in the coming days, but that warmer weather was projected for the weekend. Hot, dry weather is forecast to continue into the week in south-central and southern provinces, meanwhile...
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