When I visited the site in 2013, the riverbanks upstream were already punctuated with mines supplying sand ... Mekong.” More than a thousand miles downstream from the Chinese dams, the Mekong ...

And while more and more sand is extracted from the Mekong Delta in the south and the Red River in the north, large hydro-electric schemes are blocking the natural flow of sediment that would ...

Vietnam boasts breathtaking lotus ponds, symbolizing purity and resilience. Key locations include West Lake in Hanoi, Ninh ...

Living on this delta means accepting and adapting to the ... “The combination of effects of drought, hydropower dams and sand mining has created a situation of freshwater scarcity,” explained ...