TAILIEUCHUNG - An inventory of VietNam marine and coastal economic and environment
Located in the South-East Asian region, thanks to an over 3400 km of coastline and 3000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, Vietnam is considered as a country has a great potential on marine and coastal economic development. From the North to the South of the country's coastal line, there are hundreds of aquaculture bases, many transshipment ports, fishing ports, tourist beaches, seaside resorts, petroindustrial plants,. that are contributed considerably to the Gross National Product. Beside its benefit on the country one million square kilometers of exclusive economic sea zone, Vietnam's seawater contains a lot of coral reefs, sea weeds, many valuable | AN INVENTORY OF VIETNAM MARINE AND COASTAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENT Le Anh Tuan1, Le Hoang Viet 1, Do Ngoc Quynh2 1 Center for Environmental and Water Resources Engineering - College of Technology 2 International relation office CanTho University, CanTho City, Vietnam --- oOo --- SUMMARY Located in the South-East Asian region, thanks to an over 3400 km of coastline and 3000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, Vietnam is considered as a country has a great potential on marine and coastal economic development. From the North to the South of the country's coastal line, there are hundreds of aquaculture bases, many transshipment ports, fishing ports, tourist beaches, seaside resorts, petro- industrial plants,. that are contributed considerably to the Gross National Product. Beside its benefit on the country one million square kilometers of exclusive economic sea zone, Vietnam's seawater contains a lot of coral reefs, sea weeds, many valuable and rare creatures in out of nearly 11,000 marine species. Along with rapid economic growth, maritime shipping development and petro- industrization, Vietnam marine and coastal is being threatened by water pollution due to the over-exploitation of the natural resources. This report will inventory some data figures on marine and coastal economic activities and discussion the environmental problems that may be concerned. Key words: marine and coastal, economic, environment, development, pollution. I INTRODUCTION Vietnam, an independent country located in the SouthEast Asian region (figure 1), has a total area of 329,560 km2, bordering China to the North, Laos and Cambodia to the West, the Gulf of Thailand to the South and the Pacific Ocean to the East. The country stretches from latitudes 8 30' to 23 30'N and has an 3,444 km long of coastline, over 3,000 islands and more than 1,000,000 km2 of exclusive economic sea zone, including approximately 700,000 km2 of shelf area (to 200 m depth under the sea level). In average, each 1 kilometer .
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