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Vietnam's Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035: Study

The delta, a biodiversity hotspot where the Mekong empties into the South China Sea, provides food and livelihoods for tens of millions of people.

Woman farmer working in a rice field transplanting rice in the Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia. (Credit: AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

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HANOI - Vietnam's Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035, a leading expert warned Thursday, as sand mining and dams strip the "rice bowl"

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