This paper provides a summary of the current state of knowledge of sea level-rise and its effects on both human and natural ecosystems. The focus is on coastal urban areas and low lying deltas in South-East Asia and Vietnam, as one of the most threatened areas in the world. About 3 mm per year reflects the growing consensus on the average SLR worldwide. | Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences, 40(2), 126-152, Doi: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences (VAST) Sea-level rise and resilience in Vietnam and the AsiaPacific: A synthesis Luc Hens*1, Nguyen An Thinh2, Tran Hong Hanh3, Ngo Sy Cuong4, Tran Dinh Lan5, Nguyen Van Thanh6, Dang Thanh Le7 1 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Boeretang 202, B2400 Mol, Belgium Centre for Advanced Research on Global Change (HUNRE), Hanoi, Vietnam 3 Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Vietnam 4 Vietnam Natural Resources and Environment Corporation, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (VAST), Da Nang Street, Hai Phong, Vietnam 6 Ministry of Public Security, Hanoi, Vietnam 7 Institute of Administrative Science, National Academy of Public Administration, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 Received 31 August 2017; Received in revised form 18 January 2018; Accepted 19 January 2018 ABSTRACT Climate change induced sea-level rise (SLR) is on its increase globally. Regionally the lowlands of China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and islands of the Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos are among the world’s most threatened regions. Sea-level rise has major impacts on the ecosystems and society. It threatens coastal populations, economic activities, and fragile ecosystems as mangroves, coastal salt-marches and wetlands. This paper provides a summary of the current state of knowledge of sea level-rise and its effects on both human and natural ecosystems. The focus is on coastal urban areas and low lying deltas in South-East Asia and Vietnam, as one of the most threatened areas in the world. About 3 mm per year reflects the growing consensus on the average SLR worldwide. The trend speeds up during recent decades. The figures are subject to local, temporal and methodological variation. In Vietnam the average values of mm per year during the 1993-2014 .
