Identification of Sea Level Rise impacts on the Mekong Delta and Orientation of adaptation activities

Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long gồm 13 tỉnh Long An, Tiền Giang, Vĩnh Long, Bến Tre, ong Tháp, Trà Vinh, Cần Thơ, Hậu Giang, Bạc Liêu, Sóc Trăng, An Giang, Kiên Giang, Cà Mau, với sự diện tích đất km2 chiếm 12,1% diện tích cả nước. Dân số khoảng 17,4 triệu người vào năm 2006, chiếm 21% dân số cả nước. Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long có vị trí trong một khu vực đặc biệt quan trọng về phát triển kinh tế - xã hội ở Việt Nam. So với toàn bộ quốc gia, sản lượng nông nghiệp của các tài khoản Delta 50%,. | Identification of Sea Level Rise impacts on the Mekong Delta and Orientation of adaptation activities Trinh Cong Van The Hydraulic Engineering Consultant Corp. 2 169 Tran Quoc Thao Street District 3 HCMC Vietnam Vantrinhcong56@ The Mekong Delta comprises 13 provinces of Long An Tien Giang Vinh Long Ben Tre Đong Thap Tra Vinh Can Tho Hau Giang Bac Lieu Soc Trang An Giang Kien Giang and Ca Mau with the land area of 39 712 km2 making up of the whole country area. The population is about million people in 2006 occupying 21 of the whole country population. The Mekong Delta is located in an important area special on socio-economic development in Viet Nam. Comparing to the whole nation agricultural output of the Delta accounts for 50 exported food productions are about 90 fruit trees and aquaculture products are about 70 . The Mekong Delta is a low land area under strong effect of the East Sea South China sea and West Sea Thailand gulf . Apart from some hilly regions in An Giang and Kien Giang most of the natural area of the Delta has a very low elevation below . The high water level of the East Sea tide rising up to is an agent transmitting the tidal effect to the extremely far Mekong Delta area along main rivers. Due to the low natural relief under high tide of the East and West Seas the Mekong Delta would suffer great harm under the effect of sea water rising in the future. According to the 2007 IPCC interim recommendation in case of sea level rises-up to 1m an area of 15 000 to 20 000 km2 in the Mekong Delta would be flooded resulting in millions of people having to move their housings and agricultural production being seriously reduced. If the effect of the sea level rising on the Delta is not properly cared and studied for preparing a strategic action plan the damages would be very big to the Vietnam economy and food security in the area. Within this article it would only cover some initial ideas only for an identification of .