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A Truc Lam Zen Monastery was inaugurated in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on January 5 after two years of construction.

Construction of a wind power plant has started in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.

The co-management model for mangrove forest protection in Soc Trang province has improved livelihoods in local communities and efficiently protects forests.

The Soc Trang-based ST24 rice variety was honoured as having the best flavour in the world, as it received the World’s Best Rice 2019 award at the 11th Annual World’s Best Rice Contest in the Philippines on November 12.

A string of cultural and sport events will be held during the Ooc Om Bok festival in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang from November 5-11.

The “Vi em hieu hoc” (Because you are studious) programme has presented 125,000 scholarships worth 125 billion VND (5.37 million USD) to studious pupils in disadvantaged communes nationwide since it was launched in 2014.

Many communes in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, which are home to a large number of Khmer ethnic people, are enjoying a warmer, merrier Sene Dolta festival this year as they have met new-style rural area status with povery rate declining, according a local official for ethnic minority affairs.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Soc Trang province Le Van Hieu had a working session on May 28 with representatives of the division of international trade under the trade promotion department of Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture to discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange activities in 2019.

A ceremony was recently held in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on May 20 to receive a certificate recognising “Ro Bam” theatre art in Tran De district as a national intangible cultural heritage.

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang’s investments in tourism infrastructure are paying off with a rising number of domestic and foreign tourists travelling to the province.

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang should make strong economic structure shifting for achieving major breakthroughs in the socio-economic development in 2019, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has extended best wishes to Khmer Theravada Buddhist dignitaries and followers in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay – the traditional New Year Festival of Khmer people in the south.

The domestic sugar industry should restructure all stages of its production process towards diversifying products to improve competitiveness, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish led a delegation to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on February 21 to learn about investment opportunities in the locality.