mekong deltas vitality in pictures

Mekong Delta’s vitality in pictures

100 photos are now showcased at a photo exhibition “Southwestern Region – 10 Years of Achievement and Development” in Can Tho City.
long an looking to make waves

Long An looking to make waves

Mekong Delta’s Long An province is appealing to investors to embrace its friendly investment climate and simplified administrative procedures.
mekong delta strives for sustainable development

Mekong Delta strives for sustainable development

vietnam supports mekong japan cooperation

Vietnam supports Mekong-Japan cooperation

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has voiced his strong support for the Mekong-Japan cooperation mechanism to promote prosperity, stability and sustainable development in the Mekong Delta and East Asia.
quang ngai hau giang restart million dollar projects

Quang Ngai, Hau Giang restart million-dollar projects

The provincial governments of the central Quang Ngai, and the Mekong Delta Hau Giang provinces have recently met with investors to restart two projects worth millions of US dollars that have been delayed for years.
phu quoc island to be international trading hub

Phu Quoc Island to be international trading hub

Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to become an eco-tourism and international trading center.
ca ba old house is can tho classic

Ca Ba Old House is Can Tho classic

Thot Not is not only the most populous and wealthiest district in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, but it is endowed with a number of cultural relics, craft villages, splendid islets and many ancient houses.
vinalines ship repair project torpedoed

Vinalines’ ship-repair project torpedoed

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has rejected Vietnam National Shipping Lines’ Mekong Delta ship-repair factory project due to environmental concerns, according to a source at Hau Giang Industrial Parks Management Authority .
can tho ciity authorities announce bianfishcos liabilities

Can Tho ciity authorities announce Bianfishco’s liabilities

The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 5 announced that the beleaguered Binh An Seafood Company (Bianfishco) has liabilities of VND1.54 trillion ($74 million) while its total assets are VND2 trillion ($99 million).
rivers of fortune for mekongs ben tre

Rivers of fortune for Mekong’s Ben Tre

Mekong Delta province Ben Tre is in the middle of a boom with agriculture and aquaculture the mainstays of this solid growth.  
delta seafood firms farmers in chain of debts

Delta seafood firms, farmers in chain of debts

The business cooperation between some seafood processing companies in the Mekong Delta provinces and catfish farmers have turned into a chain of debts, with the processors unable to pay farmers, who in turn also fail to repay the feed suppliers, and so on.
pepsi starts new plant in dong nai

Pepsi starts new plant in Dong Nai

PepsiCo Vietnam last week opened its new beverage plant in Amata Industrial Zone as part of its push to expand operations in the Mekong Delta.
dutch firms seek opportunities in mekong delta

Dutch firms seek opportunities in Mekong delta

A delegation of Dutch enterprises arrived in the southern city of Can Tho on March 6 to seek investment opportunities in the locality as well as in the Mekong Delta provinces.
agri tourism project promotes mekong delta

Agri-tourism project promotes Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang opened a rural tourist centre on February 14 as part of an agri-tourism project funded by the Dutch farmers association, Agriterra.
mekong delta farmers attract tourists with ecotourism

Mekong Delta farmers attract tourists with ecotourism

While many tourism hotspots around Vietnam are ripping off foreign tourists and turning them away, a handful of farmers in the Mekong Delta are winning the backpackers’ trust with their gardens designed as an original and interesting ecotourism area.