Mekong province seeks $6.7m from government to check coastal erosion
Ca Mau, which once benefited from coastal accretion, is now asking for US$6.7 million from the government to deal with relentless erosion.
Vietnam’s southernmost province has a coastline of more than 250 kilometers and the sea has eaten along 80 percent of it, by 50 meters a year in some parts. Studies by its agriculture department found that the province has been losing around 305 hectares of mangrove forests to the sea every year, Lao Dong newspaper reported.
