No scientific evidence Mekong Delta will go under: PM
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said “there is no scientific basis” to the recent prediction that the Mekong Delta will be submerged in 30-50 years.
The PM said Friday that a paper warning the Mekong Delta could be submerged underwater by 2050 lacks scientific backing.
While admitting that climate change has been having negative impacts on the region, Phuc said “there is no scientific evidence to conclude that the Mekong Delta and several other places in southern Vietnam will be under water in 30-50 years.”
“That information is just a study that has not been appraised yet and no state agency has come to such a conclusion,” he told a National Assembly (NA) meeting in Hanoi.
Hoang Thuy, Viet Tuan
