16-09-2016 14:23
Experts highlighted the development potential of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta to Vietnamese and French entrepreneurs yesterday during an investment promotion seminar in Cần Thơ City.
11-09-2016 17:00
The lives of thousands of farmers in the Mekong River Delta that depend on “rising-water” season are threatened by the possibility that the floods will not come this year.
10-09-2016 10:31
This year’s prolonged drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta has destroyed more than 81,000 hectares of prime shrimp breeding areas in eight provinces, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mard).
01-09-2016 15:56
The 10th co-operative conference between Vietnamese and French localities will be held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho during September 14-16. This mega event seeks to foster comprehensive friendship and co-operative ties between Vietnam and France. Vo Thanh Thong, Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee cum head of the conference’s Steering Committee, shines further light on the event.
23-08-2016 16:02
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has instructed ministries and local governments in the Mekong Delta to prioritise investment in transportation projects that would help enhance connectivity.
21-08-2016 17:53
From a start-up with two cows, and after several serious economic losses, Đặng Ngọc Phong, from a poor farming family in the Mekong delta province of Đồng Tháp, now owns a large cow farming business.
18-08-2016 14:30
Many industrial zones (IZs) have been built in the Mekong Delta and more will be built in accordance with approved plans, but some IZs have been left idle.
01-08-2016 09:26
As a former wetland in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta, Xeo Quyt was a revolutionary base in 1960-1975 during the Vietnam War (1955-1975). On July 20, the 50-hectare Xeo Quyt, of which cajeput forests account for two-fifths, has become an attractive historical and ecological site with thousands of visitors coming a year.
31-07-2016 20:43
Farmers in the Mekong Delta are struggling to resume agricultural production because of the lingering effects of the recent drought and saltwater intrusion and a shortage of funds and seeds.
28-07-2016 13:49
The Viet Nam Pangasius Association on July 27 launched a trading website and a farming e-map of tra fish in the Mekong Delta region to support tra fish producers and exporters.
28-07-2016 10:23
Phu An is a remote village in Trung Nghia Commune, Vung Liem District, Vinh Long Province in the Mekong Delta.
19-07-2016 09:25
Mekong Delta’s Long An province and its neighbour, HCM City, need to have better transportation and communications connections in order to improve their economic development.
17-07-2016 12:14
The Mekong Delta has vast tourism potential but it has not been exploited well, partly due to poor communications among relevant players, a seminar on tourism development in the delta heard.
16-07-2016 09:50
Measures to control saltwater intrusion and store freshwater in the Mekong Delta region were shared at a workshop held in Hau Giang province on July 13 as part of the ongoing Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum 2016 (MDEC).
13-07-2016 12:27
Being a newly-estanblished province, Hau Giang in the Mekong Delta seeks to become an ideal venue for domestic and foreign investors.