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Schrimp

Pink Gold, Green Cost

Vietnam’s Shrimp Boom and the Race to Make It Sustainable eyesonvietnam The catch of the century Vietnam is the world’s third-largest shrimp producer, and the industry is a pillar of the economy. In the Mekong Delta, shrimp ponds spread as rice fields were converted and mangrove forests were cleared. Output keeps climbing. Ca Mau province…
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The Sky Over the Rice Bowl

How Drones Took Flight in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta eyesonvietnam Chapter 1: Empty Fields The traditional image of rice farming is a bent figure wading through a flooded paddy. Along the lower Mekong, that picture is out of date. Fifty percent of Vietnam’s rice crop is grown in the Mekong delta, and the fields are often…
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