Dong Thap province intensifies efforts to combat IUU fishing
Since 2023, Dong Thap province has reported no cases of fishing vessels infringing foreign waters.
Cao Lanh celebrates membership in UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Cao Lanh, the capital city of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, celebrated its membership in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) with a ceremony on November 19.
Dong Thap province to work on preserving 16 traditional craft villages
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is looking at ways to preserve 16 traditional craft villages that face the threat of obsolescence.
Dong Thap cooperates with Cambodian locality to fight human trafficking
Fighting human trafficking is one of the fields of cooperation in an agreement signed between the Women’s Union of the southern province of Dong Thap and the Cambodian Women for Peace & Development Association of Prey Veng province on September 27.
Catching freshwater crabs helps Dong Thap farmers earn a living
The flood season in the Mekong Delta has set in, helping farmers in upstream localities of Dong Thap province enjoy an abundant harvest of freshwater crabs using bamboo nets.
Dong Thap combines bamboo conservation with ecotourism
Realising the values of bamboo, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been working to conserve bamboo varieties in combination with ecotourism development over the past years, head a seminar on September 20.
Dong Thap to turn more rice fields into growing higher value crops
The People’s Committee of Dong Thap province has decided to switch to other crops on 9,386ha of rice fields this year.
Cao Lanh becomes fifth Vietnamese city joining Global Network of Learning Cities
Cao Lanh, the capital city of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, has been added to the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), raising the number of such cities in Vietnam to five.
Reburial service for martyrs held in Tay Ninh, Dong Thap
A ceremony was held at Hill 82 Tan Bien Martyrs’ Cemetery in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on July 26 to rebury the remains of 255 fallen combatants found in the locality and repatriated from Cambodia.
Fish season comes to Dong Thap province
The eighth to tenth month of the lunar calendar are that busiest time of the year for fishermen in various upstream localities in the southern province of Dong Thap like Hong Ngu, Tan Hong districts and Hong Ngu city, as the arrival of the flooding season brings along fish.
Vice President delivers COVID-19 aid to Dong Thap
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and presented gifts in aid of the local COVID-19 prevention and control on September 20.
Dong Thap receives medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s chapter in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, on September 7, received medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control from organisations inside and outside the locality.
Dong Thap aims to cut down poverty ratio by 0.5 percent in 2021
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is striving to reduce the ratio of poor households by 0.5 percent in the end of 2021, according to a plan released by the provincial People’s Committee on the implementation of the National Target Programme on sustainable poverty reduction and social welfare.
Localities tighten supervision of people arriving from abroad
Hanoi’s localities must tighten supervision of people arriving from abroad and fix loopholes in regulations at quarantine facilities, in a bid to prevent community transmissions of COVID-19 at all costs, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.
Dong Thap inaugurates first advanced rice farming project
The Dong Thap province People’s Committee has held a ceremony to celebrate the Mekong Delta province’s first advanced rice farming project that uses modern techniques in all production stages and uses irrigation water efficiently.
Vinh, Sa Dec join UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Two Vietnamese cities have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), along with 53 other cities from 27 countries.
Remains of 52 soldiers reburied in Dong Thap province
Remains of 52 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during wartime were reburied at the Tam Nong Martyrs’ Cemetery in Tam Nong district, the southern province of Dong Thap, on July 22.
Japanese NGO funds organic agriculture project in Dong Thap
Japanese non-governmental organisation (NGO) Seed to Table (STT) has provided an assistance package worth 55,000 USD for the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap to develop an organic agriculture project in the 2019-2022 period.
Dong Thap to resume labour exports to Japan
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap wants to resume its labour export programme with Japan as the country is expected to welcome overseas workers from early July, including those from Vietnam, as the COVID-19 pandemic has been largely curbed.
Dong Thap supports Cambodian province with medical equipment against COVID-19
Chairman of the Dong Thap province People’s Committee Nguyen Van Duong presented a large volume of medical supplies and necessities to Cambodia’s Pray Veng province to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, during an event held at Dinh Ba international border gate on April 10.
Pink mandarin yield for Tet falls dramatically
Farmers in Dong Thap province’s Lai Vung district are expected to supply 80 percent less pink mandarin, a specialty fruit for Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, compared to the previous last Tet.