The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang lured 22 new projects worth over 2.85 trillion VND (122.55 million USD) in the first nine months of 2018, up 58 percent over the same period last year, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thanh Duc.
Tien Giang is accelerating efforts to fulfil the year’s target of 2.65 billion USD in export value, after earning 1.99 billion USD in the January-September period, up 8.4 percent year on year and meeting 75.1 percent of the year’s goal.
Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) on August 27 said it has ended the operation of the last private bear bile farm in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is expanding its specialised growing zone for dragon fruit, a fruit that has helped several local farmers become rich.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recommended the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang develop its economy based on agriculture, tourism and logistics at a meeting with local authorities on August 9.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc applauded the good policies and the consensus of Tien Giang’s political system in improving local investment – business climate while speaking at an investment promotion conference of the Mekong Delta province on August 9.
The Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims in Can Tho city on August 7 presented gifts to dioxin victims and their families on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Day for AO/dioxin Victims (August 10).
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on July 8 visited and presented gifts to Heroic Vietnamese Mothers in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Tien Giang on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang lured over 7 trillion VND (over 310 million USD) in 18 new investment projects in the first six months of 2018, up 9 projects and 4.47 times in capital compared to the same period last year.
Export turnover of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang reached 1.27 billion USD in the first half of 2018, a rise of 6.8 percent year-on-year, said Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Ngo Van Tuan.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang saw a record yearly growth of 18 percent in industrial production value in the first half of this year, to nearly 51.1 trillion VND (2.245 billion USD).
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang raked in a total investment of more than 7.2 trillion VND, or 316.8 million USD, in the first half of 2018, a 2.3-fold increase from the same period last year.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is developing intensive tra fish farming in alluvial areas along rivers to produce high quality fish for export.
Tien Giang province, the Mekong Delta’s largest fruit producer, has increased its fruit cultivation area to nearly 75,000ha this year, up three percent against the same period last year.