“The Mekong Delta does not stand alone in its struggle,” said Raïssa Marteaux, Dutch Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City. Mekong Delta: Vital but vulnerableIn his presentation at the forum, Associate Professor Van Pham Dang Tri, director of the Mekong Institute at Can Tho University, also noted that the Mekong Delta is a vital yet increasingly vulnerable landscape. Associate Professor Van Pham Dang Tri, director of the Mekong Institute at Can Tho University, presents an overview of the Mekong Delta at the event. Prins pointed out that regions with clay soil, such as the Netherlands and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, face unique difficulties because clay reacts to salt much differently than sandy soil does. Céline van Maaren, head of Dutch salinity innovation mission to Vietnam, speaks to wrap up the business forum.
