More than 17,000 Cham ethnic people are celebrating Roya Aidil Adha, the traditional new year festival of the Muslim community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

About 15 tonnes of breeding fish of different varieties, including 193,000 individuals of rare indigenous fish, were released to nature in Vam Nao River crossing Binh Thuy commune, Chau Phu district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on August 10.

Vo Anh Kiet, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, has visited Islamic Cham people in Chau Phong commune, Tan Chau town on the occasion of their traditional Roya Haji festival.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang held a dialogue on August 9 with 100 investors in the locality to look into the situation and seek measures to remove difficulties facing them.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has declared a state of emergency due to land erosion along the Ong Chuong River in Cho Moi district.

Remains of 172 martyrs were laid to rest in Ba Dac Hill Martyrs’ Cemetery in Thoi Son commune, Tinh Bien district of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang at a ceremony on July 24.

Heavy rain and strong wind across the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 23 caused one dead, wrecked and blew away roofs of 1,192 houses, and inflicted serious damage on local assets and farming.

The trade union of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 2 presented 500 schoolbags that can be used as lifebuoys to local students in flood-prone areas.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has so far this year received some 7 million visitors, up 7.69 percent year on year and accounting for 76.09 percent of the yearly plan.

A conference in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on June 12 helped overseas Vietnamese (OV) businesspeople to learn about agriculture and tourism projects in need of capital.

A total of 150 Vietnamese businesses and 250 others from Thailand are displaying their products at an exhibition that opened in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 31.

The 13th Tinh Bien-An Giang international trade fair opened in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 22.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang will export about 5-10 tonnes of mangoes to the US in June 2019, according to deputy director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Lu Cam Khuong.

A solar rooftop system, installed at the Department of Industry and Trade building in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, was put into use on May 10.