Historic drought and salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta in 2016: Lessons learned and response solutions

Historic drought and salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta in 2016: Lessons learned and response solutions

During the dry season of 2015-2016, the Mekong Delta had suffered the worst historic drought and salinity intrusion occurrence on record, causing heavy damages to nine coastal provinces (in total 13 provinces) of the Mekong River Delta. Just after the drought and salinity intrusion occurred, the me...

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Main Author:	Ngoc Anh Nguyen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology 2017-03-01
Series:	Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering
Subjects:	historic drought Mekong Delta salinity intrusion
Online Access:	https://vietnamscience.vjst.vn/index.php/vjste/article/view/325

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