Mekong River Delta facing multiple threats
August 28th, 2009
Only 30 percent of factories in the Mekong Delta have wastewater treatment systems. If Vietnam’s rich Mekong Delta area builds dikes to hold back the sea, wastewater could pose an even bigger threat to its prosperity. Professor Dao Cong Tien, former head of the HCM City Economics University, says that if the sea level rises [...]