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BẾN TRE, VIET NAM – Before the 2024 dry season hit, Võ Văn Kêu thought his rambutan orchard in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta was safe – at least for another year. Severe drought has become a grim fixture in this fertile southern region. [1]

CẦN THƠ, VIET NAM – For the past four years, Kỷ Quang Vinh’s house had sat comfortably above the elevated road. [2]

ĐỒNG THÁP, VIET NAM – “It’s been so long I can barely remember. It’s delicious, fragrant, soft but not sticky,” said Trần Văn Lựa, 53, a farmer from Phú Thọ Commune in Đồng Tháp Province, recalling the taste of wild rice. [4]

The number of tourists dying on safari is on the rise - with AI, Instagram and climate change being blamed Deaths on safari are on the rise, with several reports in the last 18 months alone. [5]

SOC TRANG, VIETNAM – In late February, a lush green blanket of nan tuong grass covered Tran Hong Ni’s field in Hoa Tu 1 commune in Soc Trang province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. [6]

Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) says that one-third of COVID-19 patients in Bangkok will be tested to determine whether they have been infected by the Delta variant, as the strain is expected to become dominant in the capital in the n... [7]

Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine showed promise against the Delta variant first identified in India in a lab study, with a modest decrease in response compared to the original strain, the drugmaker said on Tuesday. [8]

The need for sand to build roads and infrastructure in Vietnam charges ahead with few restraints as land and houses are lost. [9]

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[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-05-19 · 75% match

The Mekong Delta’s climate defenses are failing

BẾN TRE, VIET NAM – Before the 2024 dry season hit, Võ Văn Kêu thought his rambutan orchard in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta was safe – at least for another year. Severe drought has become a grim fixture in this fertile southern region.

[2] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-11-03 · 75% match

A Mekong Delta city’s fight against flooding (part 2)

CẦN THƠ, VIET NAM – For the past four years, Kỷ Quang Vinh’s house had sat comfortably above the elevated road.

[3] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-12-01 · 75% match

Mekong village turns to mangrove as delta sinks and erodes

[4] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-05-05 · 75% match

In Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta, elusive ‘ghost rice’ holds key to climate resilience

ĐỒNG THÁP, VIET NAM – “It’s been so long I can barely remember. It’s delicious, fragrant, soft but not sticky,” said Trần Văn Lựa, 53, a farmer from Phú Thọ Commune in Đồng Tháp Province, recalling the taste of wild rice.

[5] MM dailymail.co.uk · 2025-10-30 · 65% match

The number of tourists dying on safari is on the rise - with AI, Instagram and climate change being blamed

The number of tourists dying on safari is on the rise - with AI, Instagram and climate change being blamed Deaths on safari are on the rise, with several reports in the last 18 months alone.

[6] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-04-03 · 85% match

Mekong Delta farmers turn to native grass as climate changes

SOC TRANG, VIETNAM – In late February, a lush green blanket of nan tuong grass covered Tran Hong Ni’s field in Hoa Tu 1 commune in Soc Trang province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-06-29 · 75% match

Delta (India) variant expected to dominate in Bangkok in the next few months

Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) says that one-third of COVID-19 patients in Bangkok will be tested to determine whether they have been infected by the Delta variant, as the strain is expected to become dominant in the capital in the n

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-06-30 · 75% match

Lab data shows Moderna vaccine far more effective in producing antibodies against Delta (India) variant

Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine showed promise against the Delta variant first identified in India in a lab study, with a modest decrease in response compared to the original strain, the drugmaker said on Tuesday.

[9] 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.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-12-04 · 75% match

Mangroves in the Irrawaddy Delta Could Be Gone in a ‘Few Decades’

RANGOON — The mangrove forests of Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta have been devastated by deforestation, and could be completely wiped out in the next few decades if nothing is done to save them, according to a new study.

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