Vietnam Drought Deepens

Across Vietnam, high temperatures and parched rivers are setting off alarm bells as the nation grapples with what’s shaping up to be its worst drought in more than 100 years.

The Red River, normally a bustling waterway, is becoming a winding river of sand, and farmers who depend upon the river for irrigation are watching the expanding sandbars as nervously as the boat captains.

“If there is no water soon,” says farmer Vu Thi La, who just put in her spring rice seedlings, “it will all die.”