... agriculture adding the expanding population force Long An province to confront water environmental problems. The beginning of the rainy season is the problematic period. The main concern inthe village ... population intheMekong Delta (MD) highly depend on water resources of the Mekong river, especially in Southern Vietnam, lowest part of theMekong River Basin. While most of Vietnamese farmers in ... part of the Plain of Reeds where is remarkable vulnerable area with flooding and saline intrusion, has been suffering all water related problems including extra water, shortage of drinking water, ...
... million hectares): mainly inthe Long Xuyen - Ha Tien quadrangle, the Plain of Reeds, the West Hau river Fig.1: TheMekong River Basin and Land forms of the MD in Vietnam WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT ... on water supply during the dry season; • to prevent salinity intrusion by sluices, water gate, small dams and dikes systems inthe coastal areas. These water control works can be closed inthe ... and the saltwater/acid water- affected zone; • to strength water resources management capacity by training and equipping to the water staff; • to install water environmental monitoring systems...
... recorded the acidity inthe rain waterin April, May yearly. No using of rain waterin early rainy season is recommended as way to treat the air-dust and other pollutants deposited in the house-roofs ... plant inthe city, except some wastewater treatment works in industrial zones. The project of fresh-watering the Ca Mau Peninsula to be invested in enlarging irrigation systems, widening channels ... in treatment processes intheMekong for quite a long time. In rural areas, villagers buy alum in solid form and stir it into river waterinthe storage jars. After a few minute stirring, the...
... mainly cropping rice and fruits. Some of the farms maintain small animal husbandries and fishponds. Surface water, rain water and ground water are used for the drinking and the domestic water ... concept for the rural drinking water supply. Inthe focus of this survey were two exemplary study sites inthe rural area of theMekong Delta. The objective of this paper is the appraisal of the hydrological, ... for the ground water samples in An Binh and Hoa An in mmol(eq%)/l 1Conditions of the surface water and ground water resources inthe rural area of theMekong Delta, Vietnam – exemplary investigations...
... lands inthe dry season. The shortage of freshwater leads to increasing salinity intrusion throughout the MD coastal provinces. (v) The floods: Discharge of theMekong river during the wet ... Overview of the Drinking Water Supply Situation intheMekong River Delta. Proceedings of the SANSED Project Workshop. CanTho University, Vietnam The second International Symposium on Southeast ... level between the sea level in river estuaries and the inner lands. Also the MD is Figure 1: TheMekong River and the MD map The second International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment...
... of clean water is finite in general and the demand is increasing. Therefore a sustainable water management should be incorporated inthe targets of the country development as meaning water resources ... suggested in figure 2. In principle, thewater distribution according to the human demands can be solved by water balance problems and building thewater control systems. However, in fact, thewater ... rainfall inthe MD varies from 1,400 - 2,200 mm. About 90% of total rain water falls from May to October. At the end of the rainy season, due to the combination of floodwater draining from the...
... significant increase in rainfall in wet season resulting in an increase in river flow. By contrast, the decreasing trend of river flow in dry season is a consequence of the decline of rainfall and increase ... Thien - Hue Province. Climate change impacts on the coastal zone in the province include: (1) The shrinking of land and coastal plain due to enlarged wetland and flooded areas in Tam Giang - ... in Thua Thien - Hue Province and is of great economic and tourism importance for the province. The river basin is expected to be one of the most vulnerable basins inthe Central Vietnam where...
... households in the Lower MekongBasin are involved in fisheries, both fortheir own consumption and for sale. Women and children arevery active inthe fishery, in both catching andprocessing/marketing. ... be profit rather than food. Smaller-scale aquaculture mixed with farming is particularlyprominent inthe Thai part of theMekong Basin, and inthe delta in Viet Nam. Not surprisingly, small-scale ... needs. In addition to the 1995 Agreement onSustainable Development of theMekong River Basin, these instruments include the Code of Conduct forResponsible Fisheries which FAO prepared in 1995, the Convention...
... a good reference for solving chain problems. For instance, when comparing the fish chain inthe MD, there are not so many differences with the fish chain inthe Netherlands. Vietnam’s exported ... Among the chain actors, the role of the SFC is vital – not only in ensuring the quality of the final product, but also in SFC’s material suppliers. In order to control the quality of the supplier’s ... mention that the government inthe UK appears to play a crucial role in developing policy, promoting legislation, and implementing EU legislation. The role lies mainly inthe Ministry of Agriculture,...
... from drowning. In peak flow periods, all children (over 160,000) inthe high inundated areas are not attending their schools. The beginning and the end of the rainy season are the best time ... rice fields and flood plains. Some of them learn to swim at early age, but others were not trained. There is no official swimming training inthe school program intheMekong River Delta. It ... showing high percentage of child deaths inthe total the losses of life inthe flood seasons inthe MD. Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority of the drowning deaths in recent...