Từ khóa: #Mekong Delta

Apart from local travelers, hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors flocked to tourist sites across the country during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A lot of expressway projects have been implemented and are about to start construction, creating a big opportunity for the Mekong Delta to vigorously develop.

Loc Troi Group and the agricultural sector of Giang Thanh District (Kien Giang Province) has just co-held a summary meeting on their environment protection program.

Nam Song Hau Trading Investing Petroleum Joint Stock Company (NSH Petro) said that the company has just imported 8.1 million liters of RON 95 gasoline.

The serious land erosion lately along Co Chien riverbank has shown that the Mekong Delta is now facing severe land erosion owing to the loss of alluvial matter.

The 1 st Mekong Startup Forum 2022, themed ‘Modern, Circular, Low-emission Agriculture’, was held yesterday in Cao Lanh City of Dong Thap Province.

Whenever Lunar New Year comes, specialty villages in the Mekong Delta eagerly prepare their products to satisfy consumers’ high demands nationwide. They increase their capacity very early, each year with more varieties to serve their customers.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), on December 13, in Can Tho City, coordinated with the People's Committee of Can Tho City to organize a conference on "Credit solutions to promote the purchase, consumption, and export of key agricultural products in the Mekong Delta".

The Mekong Delta is no longer too dependent on rice production but has taken steps to convert crops grown on inefficient rice land to other crops or aquaculture. Initially, these transformations bring economic efficiency.

Economist experts commented that the target of Vietnam to export 7 tonnes of rice in 2022 is within the power. In addition, the export price of 5-percent broken rice is leading the world, at US$425-230 per tonne. These are truly positive signs to the national economy at the end of this year.

The Organization of Vietnam Records (VietKings) on November 22 handed over a certificate recognizing the cooking contest with the largest number of dishes from 13 Mekong Delta provinces and cities in the country.

The first book street in the Mekong Delta region opened on November 19 in Dong Thap Province’s Cao Lanh City marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20) and the event of Cao Lanh City listed in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

Nearly 1.6 million people, especially in remote areas, have benefited in the past decade from a healthcare program that offers access to affordable products and services.

The People’s Committee of Soc Trang province yesterday held a ceremony to open the fifth ‘Ngo’ Boat Race in the Mekong Delta region. 

The Mekong Delta has lost about 500 hectares of land annually, notably severe damage of more than VND200 billion (US$8 million) from land erosions in the provinces and cities of An Giang, Dong Thap, Can Tho, Vinh Long and Ca Mau from 2018 to 2020. 

SunRice, Australia’s largest rice supplier, will partner with Australian and Vietnamese researchers to develop a new variety of rice that helps farmers in the Mekong Delta adapt to climate change and offers a fresh opportunity to increase exports from the region.

The Transport Ministry informed that by 2025, the Mekong Delta will have needed around 39 million cubic meters of sand to level the surface for road construction projects. The urgent need in 2023 is 16 million cubic meters.

It is more than 3 months until 2023 Tet holiday, yet various specialty-food villages and businesses in the Mekong Delta are eagerly preparing their goods to serve the high demands of the public on this special occasion.