kien giang to host 2016 national tourism year

Kien Giang to host 2016 National Tourism Year

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will host the 2016 National Tourism Year, offering opportunities for visitors at home and abroad to explore southern Vietnam.
southern cake festival urged to become tourist attraction

Southern cake festival urged to become tourist attraction

The fifth southern traditional cake festival is scheduled to take place in Can Tho from April 15 to 19, 2016 as the highlight of the Mekong Delta Tourism Week and the 2016 National Tourism Year.  
vietnams mekong delta emerges as new destination for giant retailers

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta emerges as new destination for giant retailers

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, which consists of 13 provinces southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, has become a new destination for shopping mall operators, with such big names as Lotte and Vingroup among the latest to develop projects there.
sugar palm trees a familiar sight in an giang

Sugar palm trees a familiar sight in An Giang

For people in Bay Nui (Seven Mountains) region in Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, sugar palm trees are an important part of their life.
concrete floor collapse kills 1 injures 4 in southern vietnam

Concrete floor collapse kills 1, injures 4 in southern Vietnam

A concrete floor suddenly gave way on Saturday at the construction site of a wedding-convention center, located in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, leaving one worker dead and four others seriously injured.
ace life opens new sales office in vietnams mekong delta region

ACE Life opens new sales office in Vietnam’s Mekong delta region

ACE Life, the global life insurance division of ACE Group, today announced the opening of a new sales office in Long An province’s Tan An City to better serve its growing base of customers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta.
basf and nippon renovate schools in mekong delta

BASF and Nippon renovate schools in Mekong Delta

BASF and Nippon collaborated to revamp schools in needy areas of Vietnam.
capitaland gives books stationeries to vietnamese children

CapitaLand gives books, stationeries to Vietnamese children

Volunteers from CapitaLand Vietnam and CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), joined teachers and students of two CapitaLand Hope schools – Thanh Phuoc A Hope School in the Mekong Delta province of Long An and Nang Yen Hope School in the northern province of Phu Tho – in the new school year ceremony.
phu quoc among top 10 most beautiful asian islands in summer

Phu Quoc among top 10 most beautiful Asian islands in summer

Phu Quoc, located off the coast of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, has been named among top 10 beautiful Asian islands to visit this summer.
japanese enterprise to develop cattle farms

Japanese enterprise to develop cattle farms

Representatives of a Japanese enterprise met authorities from the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on September 8 to discuss the development of a cattle-rearing project in Song Hau plantation.
ge turbines selected for petrovietnams new coal fired power plant

GE turbines selected for PetroVietnam’s new coal-fired power plant

US industrial giant General Electric (GE) just announces it will supply two sets of high-efficiency steam turbines and generators to the EPC consortium consisted of Russia-based OJSC Power Machines and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation for the new Long Phu 1 coal-fired thermal power plant in Soc Trang, a province in the Mekong Delta known for its Khmer culture and community.
can thos izs register investment of 196 billion

Can Tho's IZs register investment of $1.96 billion

Industrial zones (IZs) in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have 220 projects in operation, with total registered investment capital of some US$1.96 billion.
new bridge opens to traffic in southern vietnam reshapes regional transport route

New bridge opens to traffic in southern Vietnam, reshapes regional transport route

The Ministry of Transport on Saturday opened the My Loi Bridge in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang in an effort to reshape the transport route in the southern region and cut the time to travel from the province’s Go Cong Town to neighboring Long An Province and Ho Chi Minh City – and vice versa.
tien giang set for more investment

Tien Giang set for more investment

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is currently home to 73 investment projects, 47 of which are foreign direct investment, that cumulat-ively pull US$1.37 billion into the province.
eco friendly tour launched at tram chim national park

Eco-friendly tour launched at Tram Chim National Park

A green sight-seeing tour was launched at Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, on August 22.