A workshop was held in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on November 8 to help local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to promote the value chain of peanut.
The southern province of Tra Vinh has attracted 17 investment projects in the fields of hi-tech agriculture, wind power energy, garment, education and environment since the beginning of 2016.
The government has approved 327 billion VND, or 14.65 million USD, in soft loans for poor households in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh to build or repair their houses from 2016-2020.
The best way for Tra Vinh province to fulfill socio-economic tasks in the next few years is to foster economic restructuring in an extensive, practical and effective manner, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.
Woojin Construction Co.,Ltd from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will pour more than 4.9 trillion VND (247.6 million USD) into construction of the second phase of the RoK-Tra Vinh wind power plant.
As many as 4,000 households hit by drought and saline intrusion in the southern province of Tra Vinh have received financial assistance worth 500,000 VND (22.7 USD) each.
Long-lasting drought and saline intrusion has caused a total loss of nearly 1.1 trillion VND (49.5 million USD) in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.
Con Trung Communal House – Shrine and Con Tau Temple, considered the symbols of patriotism in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, have been recognised as national historical relic sites.
A host of events have been arranged in the southern provinces of Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and An Giang to celebrate the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival of the Khmer people.
In their fight against drought and saline intrusion, farmers in Tieu Can district in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have contributed their own money to build canals and ditches.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has recently declared a natural disaster situation at level-1 risk in the locality because of serious salinity intrusion.