Upstream dams on the Mekong and excessive sand mining have been blamed for the dire situation

Some provinces do not have enough specialists in areas such as tuberculosis and mental health

Weather conditions have been harsh recently, but things may get worse

The two projects are expected to benefit 420,000 people in Can Tho City and 1.2 million people in nine...

  This has been the fourth time Huy Viet-Tay Do Company was caught discharging untreated wastewater since 2007

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Around 1.2 million people in the Mekong Delta will benefit from the project

The lack of silt has seriously affected cultivation and caused erosion in Vietnam’s rice basket.

  Any big supply disruption can be extremely sensitive.

Up to 6,000 farmers Ben Tre will receive cash grants to buy food and water supplies for their animals 

The delta, Vietnam's major farming region, is suffering from severe drought and saltwater intrusion

Regional countries are urged to work together and share the common resources

  An United Nations agency estimates that Southeast Asia's trade in heroin and methamphetamine was worth $31 billion in 2013.

  China "hopes it can be of help in alleviating the drought downstream".

30 percent of the winter-spring rice crop is now under threat