BBC to report on climate change in Vietnam

A team of journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will come to Vietnam to examine climate change issues in the country and broadcast them to the world, said a BBC official.
The reporters, who are from different BBC language desks, will make three trips from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta by boat, said James Sales, director of a project on Vietnam and climate change at a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City on December 7.
They will stop in Tien Giang province and Can Tho City to explore the impact of climate change on Vietnam, he said, adding that the programme will be heard by the BBC’s 233 million international listeners.
The reports will revolve around the connection between climate change, food security and water resources.
The programme will discover how the Mekong Delta, Asia’s granary, is affected by rising sea levels and seawater flooding, and look at measures to minimise the adverse effects by planting mangrove forests, cultivating salt-resistant crops and better planning when responding to floods and storms in coastal areas, according to the project’s director.
The reports will include experts on climate change and representatives from Vietnamese governmental and non-governmental organisations, said Sales.