BookAuthors: Nguyen Thi Thu Ha; Mai Trong Nhuan; Bui Dinh Canh; Nguyen Thien Phuong Thao (2016)
Recently, drought has occurred severely in the Central Highland of Vietnam,
particularly during dry seasons of El Niño years. Towards disaster mitigation and sustainable
management for drought, this study aims to clarify relationship between drought area detected in
dry peak month (March) in years El Niño occurred such as 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015,
2016 with local main climate factors and land-uses. Normal Difference Drought Index (NDDI)
retrieved from the difference of NDWI and NDVI was used in this study. Results showed that the
most severe drought occurred in March 2005 with total area under severe level reached to 1,170
thousand hectares corresponding to 21% of the... 
