With
 no rainfall since September 2009 in the northern part of the country, 
forest fires have ignited in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu. 
Moreoever, the Red River is at its lowest in more than 100 years, with 
passage by boat currently impossible while regional rice farmers are in 
need of water for newly planted seedlings. 
Alarmingly, the 
southern Mekong Delta is also experiencing water shortages. Worsening 
global warming effects have not only reduced Mekong River water levels 
to record lows, ocean salt water has encroached an unprecedented 60 
kilometers inland this year, threatening 100,000 hectares of rice. 
Central
 Âu Lạc has also been affected, enduring high temperatures that have 
caused hundreds of people to seek medical treatment at local hospitals 
for conditions of heatstroke, severe dehydration and other respiratory 
illnesses. 
We are saddened to know of this suffering caused by the increasingly dire state of our planet. 
Let
 us act now to bring relief through sustainable choices that help 
restore harmony to our Earth’s cycles. As on previous occasions, Supreme
 Master Ching Hai spoke during an August 2009 conference in Thailand 
about global warming’s critical tolls and the need to curb them.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
 In Âu Lạc (Vietnam), you probably know of global warming related 
problems such as the untimely flooding and encroachment of the sea of 
the Mekong Delta region – both of which have caused havoc and further 
threat to the region’s vital rice and fruit crops. 
This is due 
to a combination of sea levels rising, along with the effect of melting 
glaciers, which are now causing excessive floods but eventually will 
cause drought and vastly diminished water supplies as well. 
So we must work quickly to avoid such unwanted outcomes. 
And
 the most effective way is the organic vegan diet, organic vegetable 
farming. This is also the fastest way to reverse the increased warming 
climate to prevent further damage and disaster. 
If everyone does
 this – be veg – the Earth will begin to cool and we will have more time
 to implement the measures to eliminate all the carbon emissions. So 
please, be veg,and tell everyone else of these benefits. 
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