Natural resources: phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
Natural resources: phosphates?, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate?, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding |
Natural hazards: occasional typhoon?s (May to January) with extensive flooding? |
Logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City |
Logging? and [slash-and-burn agricultural]? practices contribute to deforestation and [soil degradation]?; [water pollution]? and overfishing? threaten [marine life]? populations; [groundwater contamination]? limits [potable water]? supply; growing [urban industrialization]? and [population migration]? are rapidly degrading environment? in Hanoi? and [Ho Chi Minh City]? |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, [Hazardous Wastes]?, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, [Ship Pollution]?, Wetlands |
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban |
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban |