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Early morning rain and strong winds make trading difficult at the Ca Mau floating market in Vietnam. Low lying Vietnam, with its 2,000 mile coastline is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The fertile Mekong Delta is the country's rice bowl and it's agricultural and industrial heartland. A meter rise in sea levels would mean the loss of 2million hectares of valuable in the Delta.

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Early morning rain and strong winds make trading difficult at the Ca Mau floating market in Vietnam. Low lying Vietnam, with its 2,000 mile coastline is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The fertile Mekong Delta is the country's rice bowl and it's agricultural and industrial heartland. A meter rise in sea levels would mean the loss of 2million hectares of valuable in the Delta.

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Date 7 Aug 2007
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