The poverty rate in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang fell from 17.89 percent in 2016 to 2.66 percent in 2020 thanks to the effectiveness of the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her entourage were kept busy during a working trip to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on November 26.
Member of the Party Central Committee and General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi on November 25 had working sessions with officials of the Mekong Delta localities of Can Tho and Soc Trang to strengthen information cooperation.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has developed a plan to respond to drought, water shortage, and saline intrusion in the dry season in late-2020 and early-2021, a conference held by the provincial People’s Committee on October 5 heard.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has posted high increases in industrial production and export value despite the impacts of unfavourable weather conditions such as droughts and saline intrusion along with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Consulate General of Indonesia has sent a thank-you letter to the Border Guard Command of Mekong Delta Soc Trang province for rescuing five Indonesian citizens who drifted into waters off the local coast, Vietnamese Colonel Nguyen Triu Men said on May 2.
Three Indonesian sailors who drifted into waters off the coast of the Mekong Delta’s Soc Trang province were saved by local coastal border guards on April 27 and 28, according to Colonel Nguyen Triu Men from the provincial Border Guards Command.
Khmer people in the south and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang in particular are celebrating their traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay which falls on April 13-16 this year more quietly this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The industrial production value of the Mekong Delta’s Soc Trang province in the first quarter has been estimated at 6.6 trillion VND (279.7 million USD), up 5.7 percent year-on-year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc discussed with leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang about measures to tackle saltwater intrusion in the region during a teleconference on March 25.
BPP Vinh Chau Wind Power Co., Ltd (BPPVC) – a subsidiary of Banpu Public Company Limited (Banpu Power) of Thailand, started the construction of a wind power plant with a total capacity of 65MW in Vinh Chau town, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.