Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Can Tho city on October 16 to seek solutions to difficulties and obstacles facing infrastructure projects in the Mekong Delta region so as to speed up their progress.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on October 3 organised an investment promotion conference themed "Ben Tre – look east vision and sustainable development potential", aiming to introduce its potential, strengths, and development orientation following the provincial master plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.
The Mekong Delta region’s cultivation sector has maintained good growth with increased production of major products, ensuring supply for domestic market and export, heard a conference held in Long An province on August 20 to review the region’s cultivation activities in 2024 and launch a plan for 2025.
Facilitating the foreign direct investment (FDI) flows is an effective solution to drive the development in the Mekong Delta region, according to insiders.
The significance of the public-private partnership (PPP) to the project on developing 1 million hectare of high-quality and low carbon footprint rice in the Mekong Delta region by 2030 was highlighted at a workshop held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 4.
A meeting was held in Ben Tre on January 24 for heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad in the 2024-2027 tenure and localities in the Mekong Delta region.
New farming solutions have helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by nearly 17% in extensive shrimp farms and nearly 11% in intensive farms, according to a research on monitoring GHG emissions from shrimp farming ponds.
From a food importer, Vietnam can now ensure food security in any circumstances, affirmed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 15 visited the Tra Vinh Patriotic Monks Solidarity Association at Kom Pong Pagoda in Tra Vinh city on the occasion of the Sene Dolta festival, as part of his visit to the Mekong Delta region.
Vietnamese rice exporters should make careful preparations to promote rice exports and maintain the markets, especially traditional ones, while ensuring the supply for domestic consumption, according to insiders.
Major transport projects in the Mekong Delta region, which are expected to be completed this year, will spur socioeconomic development of the southwest region for years to come.
After hundreds of years of existence, the craft of chequered scarf weaving in the southern province of Dong Thap has been at risk of falling into oblivion. Luckily, thanks to the major efforts of local people, it has now been revived.
Localities in the Mekong Delta region have developed products and services based on local natural advantages in eco-tourism in order to attract more holiday-makers during this summer.
Industry experts have said there is still much-untapped potential for developing One Commune-One Product (OCOP) items associated with tourism activities in the Mekong Delta region.
The Mekong Delta region is crisscrossed with canals, so bridges are considered as an impetus for its development. Over the past years, many important bridges have been being built in the region, helping it soon complete its traffic infrastructure to "take off".
Localities in the Mekong Delta region are working hard to increase their urban areas’ adaptability to climate change, and boost urban development to green and sustainable direction.
There remained more than 1.97 million poor and near-poor households nationwide based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in 2022.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 17 broke the ground for the western belt road of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, which connects National Highways 91 and 61C.
The Mekong Connect 2022 Forum to find solutions to economic development, and linkages and integration of resources for sustainable development in the Mekong Delta region, will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 23 and 24.
