soc trang shrimp sector is appetising

Soc Trang shrimp sector is appetising

Leading global aquaculture farming and seafood processing corporations are looking at the Mekong Delta’s Soc Trang province as home for their new investment projects.
asm group to build fish oil refining factory

ASM Group to build fish oil refining factory

Sao Mai An Giang Group (ASM) on December 22 announced that it would invest $15 million to build a fish oil-refining factory in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.
farm economy booms in mekong delta

Farm economy booms in Mekong Delta

In recent years, a great deal of farm businesses have been set up in the Mekong Delta, most of them are engaged in aquaculture, horticulture and husbandry. Many farms have become thriving thanks to boosting their cooperation and adopting effective business models.
seafood plants struggle with lack of raw material

Seafood plants struggle with lack of raw material

Seafood processing plants in Mekong Delta provinces on November 24 said that they have been running under 50 per cent capacity because they cannot collect enough materials for processing despite tra fish price has been risen to record high levels.

Can Tho oil refinery alive

The refinery would have an annual capacity of two million tones and meet 50 per cent of the Mekong Delta region’s petroleum demand
gateway to deltas great riches

Gateway to delta’s great riches

An Giang, which is situated in a special economic location in the Mekong Delta, plays an important role as the gateway connecting the delta’s provinces with inland ASEAN member countries.
can tho to anchor delta investment

Can Tho to anchor delta investment

Can Tho City is about to host an international Mekong Delta conference on investment and development this week.
vasep calls for dollar loans

VASEP calls for dollar loans

Seafood exporters in the Mekong Delta are bemoaning a standstill in production and exports owing to the new central bank’s limits on the access to foreign currency loans.
piecing together can thos bridge tragedy

Piecing together Can Tho’s bridge tragedy

Authorities are still piecing together the background to the Can Tho bridge collapse tragedy. Two spans of the cable-stayed bridge under construction, spanning the Mekong Delta’s Hau River, suddenly collapsed last Wednesday, killing and injuring at least 128 people.

Thailand-Vietnam energy partnership in the pipeline

PetroVietnam has reached an initial agreement with Thailand’s state-owned oil giant PTT to build a pipeline between the Tay Nam gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand and the O Mon power complex in Can Tho province, Mekong Delta and other industrial consumers in the surrounding areas.
vietcombank and mhb equitisation approved

Vietcombank and MHB equitisation approved

Vietcombank and the Mekong Delta Housing Bank (MHB) will become the first two state-owned banks to start equitisation, following government approval for the move last week.A State Bank official confirmed to Vietnam Investment Review last week that the central bank’s proposal had the verbal approval of the prime minister. Written agreement would be released by the end of the month.
banks cheer third fund injection

Banks cheer third fund injection

The Ministry of Finance is to channel more than $103 million from the sale of government bonds to the five biggest state-run commercial banks by the end of this month. The banks to receive the capital are the Vietnam Foreign Trade Bank (Vietcombank), Vietnam Industrial and Commercial Bank (Vietincombank), Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV), the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (VBARD) and Mekong Delta Housing Bank (MHB).