page_title: Climate change in Vietnam
hierarchical_section_title: Climate change in Vietnam
caption_attribution_description: The Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2 dataset provides continent-level and country-level estimates of land area and urban, rural, and total population for 202 statistical areas (countries and other UN recognized territories). Population inputs were derived from Gridded Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1). Elevation data were derived from the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) 90 meter dataset.
context_page_description: Vietnam is considered, in coming decades, to be among the most affected countries by global climate change. A large number of studies that Vietnam is experiencing climate change and will be severely negatively affected in coming decades. These negative effects include sea level rise, salinity intrusion and other hydrological problems like flood, river mouth evolution, sedimentation as well as the increasing frequency of natural hazards such as cold waves, storm surges will all exert negative effects on the country's development and economy including agriculture, aquaculture, road infrastructure, etc.
  Some issues, such as land subsidence further worsen some of the effects climate change will bring especially in areas such as the Mekong Delta. The government, NGOs, and citizens have taken various measures to mitigate and adapt to the impact.
context_section_description: Vietnam is considered, in coming decades, to be among the most affected countries by global climate change. A large number of studies that Vietnam is experiencing climate change and will be severely negatively affected in coming decades. These negative effects include sea level rise, salinity intrusion and other hydrological problems like flood, river mouth evolution, sedimentation as well as the increasing frequency of natural hazards such as cold waves, storm surges will all exert negative effects on the country's development and economy including agriculture, aquaculture, road infrastructure, etc.
  Some issues, such as land subsidence (caused by excessive groundwater extraction) further worsen some of the effects climate change will bring (sea level rise) especially in areas such as the Mekong Delta. The government, NGOs, and citizens have taken various measures to mitigate and adapt to the impact.
caption: Population density and elevation above sea level in Thanh Po Ho Chi Minh (2010)
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