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The Mekong Delta province of Long An has offered incentives to lure foreign direct investment (FDI), particularly in hi-tech agricultural projects and green industry.

The Department of Animal Health and Livestock Production of the Mekong Delta province of Long An has increased preventive measures against A/H7N9 and other virus strains entering its border gates with Cambodia, said Phan Ngoc Chau, head of the department.

The 23rd festival of “don ca tai tu”, the musical art recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage, took place in the southern province of Long An on February 12-13.

Almost 600 billion VND (some 27 million USD) will be invested in a hi-tech agricultural area in Can Giuoc district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, to create favourable conditions for enterprises, farms, households.

Delegations from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on January 20 to extend their greetings on the occasion of Vietnam’s Lunar New Year.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to invest about 1.58 trillion VND (over 70 million USD) to build irrigation facilities to cope with climate change and protect local production.

An exhibition on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in Can Duoc district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An on December 27.

The first Zika virus infection in the southern province of Long An was announced by the provincial Health Department at a press conference on October 24

The Mekong Delta province of Long An should make all-out efforts to become one of the three economic centres in the southern region, together with Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho city.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and authorities of southern Long An province pledged all possible support for investors in the locality but asked them to respect their commitments.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An earned nearly 2.9 billion USD from exports in the first nine months, equal to 68 percent of the year target and an increase of 7.8 percent against the same period.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An is calling for investment in 15 projects, especially those in industrial parks and in the fields of waste water treatment, biotechnology and logistics.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An on July 27 held a ceremony to repatriate the remains of 20 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia at different periods.

A total of 918 new businesses have been set up in the southern province of Long An in the first six months of this year, with combined registered capital reaching 6.7 trillion VND (301.5 million USD).