Symposium to discuss Mekong River environmental challenges

15/09/2015

     The Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) held 2013 Mekong Environmental Symposium on Mekong River environment in 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City. The 3-day platform for decision makers, scientists and industry from six Mekong countries (Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and China) as well as international community to share experience and knowledge. At the conference, German and Vietnamese experts have handed over the extensive Mekong Delta Information System which has been developed in the WISDOM project to relevant ministries and branches in Vietnam.       The symposium is bringing together over 300 stakeholders and scientists from over 20 countries. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh says that the research results have formed a database system on water resources in the Mekong River Delta and will be handed over to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This is the basis for policy-makers, scientists giving out  reasonable and effective policies and measures related to water resources, agriculture, aquaculture in the Mekong River Delta. During the conference, participants also focused on the social, economic and environmental impacts through the expansion of hydropower capacity in the Mekong River Basin and other relevant issues. BVMT (English edition I-2013)