The adverse impacts of climate change on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam will be amplified several times if hydropower dams planned upstream by other countries are built, experts say Thannhien News | February 8, 2010 Land erosion on the Mekong River in Dong Thap Province Both local and international experts said at a forum on the Mekong River environment organized by the Can Tho University on Wednesday that the dams will seriously threaten food... [Read Post]
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