Mekong Delta region of Vietnam suffers from climate change

Mekong Delta region of Vietnam suffers from climate change

（Xinhua）  08:38, May 16, 2013  

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Local residents collect water at Thanh Phu District of Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, on May 15, 2013. With an area of 3.9 million hectares and a population of about 17.5 million people, the Mekong delta is the most vulnerable location in Vietnam to impacts of climate change including long lasting and deep flood, drought, tropical storms, erosion along the sea embankments. (Xinhua/VNA)

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