Vinh Long

Vinh Long will maintain close coordination among agencies and localities, intensify legal outreach on fisheries regulations, strengthen management of the fishing fleet, and enhance the effectiveness of vessel monitoring.

ActionAid Vietnam and Lindstrom Group (Europe) will continue assisting local residents, especially children, in climate change-affected areas of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long in 2026.

The southern province of Vinh Long is ramping up crackdown on fishing boats without licenses, registration, or inspection certificates, as part of the country's efforts to remove the European Union’s “yellow card” warning on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Vinh Long currently has 4,628 registered fishing vessels, 4,450 of which are licenced for fishing, accounting for 96.2%. Since early this year, no local vessels have violated foreign waters or been detained by foreign authorities.

Since the beginning of 2024, Vinh Long has reported no violations of foreign waters or fishing beyond maritime boundaries, though 2,529 cases of VMS signal loss exceeding six hours were recorded in the first seven months of the year.

Efforts to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing in Vinh Long province are being accelerated, with the goal of completing the initiative by April 30, 2025.

A delegation of the Military Zone 3 Command of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces led by its Commander Lieutenant General Ui Hieng on January 16 paid a pre-Tet (Lunar New Year) visit to the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.

Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man beat the drum to mark the start of the 2024-2025 academic year at Pham Hung High School in Long Ho district, the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, on September 5.

An international conference themed “For a more sustainable Mekong Delta” took place in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on July 17.

The University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) officially inaugurated a centre for innovation and entrepreneurship in its branch in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on May 30.

The Department for Roads of Vietnam has proposed a project worth nearly 9.3 trillion VND (385 million USD) to upgrade and innovate parts of three national highways – No 53, No 62 ,and No 91B – in the Mekong Delta.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid tribute to late Chairman of the Council of Ministers Pham Hung and late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on March 23, ahead of the 49th anniversary of the liberation of the south and national reunification (April 30) and the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7).

A delegation from Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia led by the province's Governor Oum Reatrey paid a visit to the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on January 23 on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) - the biggest traditional festival in a year in Vietnam.

A delegation from the Development Department under the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence led by Lieut. Gen. Ouk Hoeunpisey visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta region on January 11.

The making and performance of 100 dishes and drinks made from Binh Tan sweet potatoes have set a Vietnamese record at a cooking competition held within the framework of the 3rd Tourism Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on December 23 - 25.

The last sections of My Thuan 2 Bridge, connecting the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Vinh Long, were joined in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 14.

The Rector of Cuu Long University in the southern province of Vinh Long, Luong Minh Cu, on July 25 received the Labour Order - Third Class from Laos for his contributions to human resource training for the neighbouring country.

Not only a way of living, the craft of making tofu skin, which has existed for nearly a century in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, has also become a unique cultural value of the local people.

President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with a delegation of 70 revolution contributors from the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long in Hanoi on May 30.

A delegation from Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province led by Deputy Governor Horn Pheakdey on January 19 visited the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest traditional festival in Vietnam.