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The potential impacts of climate change, sea level rise on the Mekong Delta region in the period to 2050 and the response measures
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Updated documents on natural environment of The Mekong River Delta in Vietnam
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Summary of the natural environmental key issues in the Mekong River Delta basing on the upadated documents summary of the natural environmental key issues in the Mekong River Delta basing on the upadated documents
Summary on results of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for the Mekong delta integrated regional plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050

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Water pollution in The Mekong Delta: sources, present, future, ecological impacts and mitigation water pollution in The Mekong Delta: sources, present, future, ecological impacts and mitigation

Le Trinh, Institute for Environmental Science and Development (VESDEC),

prepared for the International Water Forum, Chungnam, Korea, 17 - 20^th 2017

Abstract
The Mekong River Delta (MD) with an area of 40,548 km² and a population of over 17.5 mil inhabitants, is the main food production region of Vietnam. In the MD there many big rivers and hundreds creeks and canals, creating favourable conditions for growth of biological resource, agriculture, fishery, waterway transport and human activities. However, this region is facing and will be challenged by the increased water pollution caused by the natural factors: high water flow in the rainy season, low flow and high salinity intrusion in the dry season; high acidity at acid sulfate soils areas and by human activities in water use, hydroelectric, industry, agriculture, aquaculture, waterway transport development from the upstream countries and in the Delta, changed hydrological regime and created great amount of many types of wastes, polluting the water environment and damaging ecological resource.

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Beside leading implementation of some above mentioned projects in 2013 VESDEC Director – President of Vietnam Association for Environmental Impact Assessment (Dr. Le Trinh, Ass.Prof.) has also conducted various other activities:

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Water pollution in The Mekong Delta: sources, present, future, ecological impacts and mitigation water pollution in The Mekong Delta: sources, present, future, ecological impacts and mitigation

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