Vietnam among six nations worst hit by climate change in 20 years

By Minh Nga   December 10, 2019 | 07:48 am GMT+7 VNExpress

Vietnam among six nations worst hit by climate change in 20 years
Nguyen Thi Tu, a resident of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7, walks on a flooded street as the city was hit by the record tide of more than 1.7 meters on September 30, 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.

Vietnam is one of six countries most affected by climate change between 1999 and 2018, according to survey results released this week.

The Global Climate Risk Index, published by the German environmental think tank Germanwatch, ranked Vietnam sixth among countries hit hardest by extreme weather events in that period, with its Climate Risk Index (CRI) at 29.83.

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