loan sharks cause suffering in mekong delta central provinces

Loan sharks cause suffering in Mekong Delta, central provinces

On May 9 police in Sa Dec city accosted Nguyen Van Thu at a car wash in Ward 1 and seized notebooks with records of his loans, more than 400 deposit contracts and identity documents and 3,000 flyers and 700 leaflets for loans.
three waterway projects mooted in mekong delta

Three waterway projects mooted in Mekong Delta

The Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration has called on the Ministry of Transport to assess and invest in three waterway transport projects in the Mekong Delta under public-private-partnership mode.
ben tre vietnams coconut kingdom

Ben Tre: Vietnam’s coconut kingdom

Coconuts can be found anywhere and everywhere in Vietnam. The fruit’s versatility is renowned. Juice, candy, rice and meat dishes are all immensely popular, but only in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre can you find the Green Xiem coconut. It’s so special that it was recently granted a certificate of Geographical Indication.
kien giangs islands charm tourists on holiday

Kien Giang’s islands charm tourists on holiday

Islands of southern Kien Giang province became magnets for tourists during the National Reunification (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday starting on April 28, contributing to a sharp rise of visitors to this Mekong Delta locality in the first four months of 2018.
discover your inner child at u minh national park

Discover your inner child at U Minh National Park

If you’re a nature lover and favour adventure trips, the U Minh National Park (UMNP) in the Mekong Delta should be at the top of your destination list, especially if you live in southern Vietnam.
southern traditional cake festival opens in can tho

Southern Traditional Cake Festival opens in Can Tho

The seventh Southern Traditional Cake Festival themed “Origin of the homeland cake” is taking place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
soc trang province attracts clean energy investors

Soc Trang province attracts clean energy investors

A lot of investors operating in the fields of wind power, solar power and agriculture have recently come to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to seek investment opportunities.
mekong delta promising to japan investors

Mekong Delta promising to Japan investors

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Region is a highly promising economic area and proves to be quite attractive to Japanese investors, according to Umeda Kunio, the Japanese ambassador to Viet Nam.
cho thu carpentry village in an giang

Cho Thu carpentry village in An Giang

Referring to Cho Moi island district, An Giang province, people often imagine a fertile alluvial land with green fields, with ordinary farmers as in other agricultural areas. Few people think that in this land, is the Mekong Delta region’s best-known carpentry village - Cho Thu carpentry village.
mekong delta ready for fight against climate change

Mekong Delta ready for fight against climate change

As hot weather peaks this month in southern Việt Nam, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change.  
erosion attacks yet another part of vietnams mekong delta

Erosion attacks yet another part of Vietnam’s Mekong delta

Residents living along a river in Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta had to rush out of their houses on April 6 as erosion sank into the river bank, sweeping away the street at their front yards.
ben tre works hard to curb illegal fishing

Ben Tre works hard to curb illegal fishing

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre recently held three training courses to raise public awareness of the necessity to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
joint efforts for mekong rivers sustainable

Joint efforts for Mekong River's sustainable

The 3rd Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit takes place in Siem Reap, Cambodia from April 2-4, themed “Joint Efforts and Partnership towards Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Mekong*
top 5 island idylls in kien giang

Top 5 island idylls in Kien Giang

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang attracts a huge number of visitors in summer, thanks to its tropical paradise islands with long stretches of sandy beach. Here is the list of the top 5 must-visit islands in the province.
visiting mekong deltas century old church

Visiting Mekong Delta’s century-old church

Tac Say Church in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, commonly dubbed as Father Diep Church, has been in existence for nearly one century and linked to the life of Truong Buu Diep, a highly respected Vietnamese Catholic priest who is believed to have died in 1946 while protecting his followers during the war.