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Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding

In the past, Mekong Delta residents, striving to produce as much rice as possible, built closed embankments to prevent floods and cultivate third crops. But now they need floods to preserve water to fight drought and saline intrusion.  

Floating houses saved lives during floods

It was during a trekking trip to the central Quang Binh Province in 2014 that I first spotted wooden houses with tanks under them. This November I realised that these very houses had saved thousands of lives when the region flooded.

Boats on Hanoi's West Lake to be inspected

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will set up an inter-sector team to inspect the business operations and the safety of boats and floating houses on West Lake by next month, Vu Van Vien, the city’s Transport Department director said.

Photos: Residents in central region make floating houses for flood season

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Tan Hoa commune in Minh Hoa district of the central province of Quang Binh are urgently making floating houses for the upcoming flood season in early September.

Spending the night at Thi Tuong Lagoon

 VietNamNet Bridge – If exploring the Mekong Delta area, tourists should stop at Thi Tuong Lagoon, the largest lagoon in the delta with a water surface of 700 hectares and enjoy some time in the cool wetland location with the homestay services

Ta Dung’s spectacular hanging lake in the Central Highlands

VietNamNet Bridge – Ta Dung natural reserve located in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has everything that an adventurer needs for a journey – a majestic primitive landscape, the perfect atmosphere