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A vulnerable bird that usually migrated to the wetlands of the Mekong Delta has become a rare visitor to the area DONG THAP, VIETNAM – Twenty years ago, Nguyen Van Liet took scientists to the wetlands near his hometown of Tram Chim on Vietnam’s Mekon... [1]

PHICHIT/PHETCHABUN, Thailand – Minister of Industry Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana inspected Akara Resources Public Company Limited’s gold [3]

The need for sand to build roads and infrastructure in Vietnam charges ahead with few restraints as land and houses are lost. [4]

Known as the rice basket of the country, the delta now sees houses tumbling into rivers and livelihoods lost. When a riverbank subsided and gave way, Tran Van Bi’s house collapsed into a river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta four years ago. [5]

AN GIANG, VIETNAM – Before the first August rain of the flood season in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Bui Bich Tien started planting rice seedlings. [6]

An industrial-scale cat slaughterhouse in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Thap, capable of slaughtering up to 500 innocent cats a day, has ceased all operatio [7]

Rising fertilizer costs decimate poor Mekong farmers’ livelihoods despite their vital role in feeding millions. [8]

By Le Dinh Tuyen, Pratch Rujivanarom, Teng Yalirozy and Lay Sopheavotey One October morning in Vietnam’s Dong Thap province, 72-year-old Nguyen Thi Cam sat on the banks of the Mekong River, staring at dredgers hoovering up sand in the distance. [9]

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[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2022-09-19 · 85% match

Vietnam loses sacred cranes after habitat change

A vulnerable bird that usually migrated to the wetlands of the Mekong Delta has become a rare visitor to the area DONG THAP, VIETNAM – Twenty years ago, Nguyen Van Liet took scientists to the wetlands near his hometown of Tram Chim on Vietnam’s Mekon

[2] MM www.straitstimes.com · 2026-02-28 · 31% match

Pianist Congyu Wang’s big technique let down by odd interpretative mannerisms

[3] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2026-02-28 · 30% match

Thanakorn inspects Akara Gold Mines, pushes ESG standards and clean energy mineral strategy

PHICHIT/PHETCHABUN, Thailand – Minister of Industry Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana inspected Akara Resources Public Company Limited’s gold

[4] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-05-01 · 75% match

Mekong Delta pays a high price from sand mining

The need for sand to build roads and infrastructure in Vietnam charges ahead with few restraints as land and houses are lost.

[5] TH mekongeye.com · 2022-06-23 · 75% match

In the Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

Known as the rice basket of the country, the delta now sees houses tumbling into rivers and livelihoods lost. When a riverbank subsided and gave way, Tran Van Bi’s house collapsed into a river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta four years ago.

[6] TH mekongeye.com · 2022-12-12 · 75% match

As climate changes, Mekong farmers try floating rice

AN GIANG, VIETNAM – Before the first August rain of the flood season in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Bui Bich Tien started planting rice seedlings.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-03-25 · 75% match

197 cats rescued from Vietnamese slaughterhouse; gruesome facility shut down

An industrial-scale cat slaughterhouse in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Thap, capable of slaughtering up to 500 innocent cats a day, has ceased all operatio

[8] TH mekongeye.com · 2022-09-26 · 71% match

Mekong farmers struggle as fertilizer prices rise

Rising fertilizer costs decimate poor Mekong farmers’ livelihoods despite their vital role in feeding millions.

[9] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-05-01 · 71% match

A Thirst for Sand

By Le Dinh Tuyen, Pratch Rujivanarom, Teng Yalirozy and Lay Sopheavotey One October morning in Vietnam’s Dong Thap province, 72-year-old Nguyen Thi Cam sat on the banks of the Mekong River, staring at dredgers hoovering up sand in the distance.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-02 · 40% match

Burst Laos Dam Floods Some Vietnam Rice Fields, Damage Limited

HANOI — Floods from a burst dam in Laos have inundated thousands of hectares of paddy fields in Vietnam’s rice-growing Mekong Delta region, officials said on Wednesday, although the damage is limited and not expected to affect the country’s export cr

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