Keyword: "Tien river"

What were once tree trunks lying silently beneath the muddy waters have, through his hands, become singular sculptural works, forming an unusual visitor attraction amid the waterways of southern Vietnam.

Although the 2026 Lunar New Year is nearly a month away, the atmosphere of spring is already in full swing at the Sa Dec Flower Village in Dong Thap province, widely regarded as the largest flower hub in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Thousands of hectares of flowers are blooming along the Tien River.

For over a year now, a school of wild fish has appeared in the Tien River, near the An Thanh embankment in Hong Ngu Ward, Dong Thap Province. Thanks to the care and daily feeding by local authorities and residents, the number of fish has steadily increased, with the total weight estimated to reach several dozen tonnes. (Ko chạy AI)

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 Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is experiencing increasing erosion, but local authorities are taking steps to mitigate the damage to agriculture and thus to people's lives.

The Mekong Delta is expected to have less flooding than normal this year, according to the Directorate of Water Resources.

Provinces and cities across Vietnam, especially border areas, are stepping up their COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

The districts of Go Cong Dong and Tan Phu Dong, which form key saline and brackish water aquaculture areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, are targeting to have more than 10,500 ha of water surface area serving aquatic farming, mostly shrimp, this year.

More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, according to experts.

The water levels in the Mekong River’s upstream are increasing, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said on August 11.

Localities in the Mekong Delta and some ministries have been urged to stay active to respond to and mitigate impact of flooding as the Mekong River is now in full spate and the water level still keeps rising.

Cao Lanh, a cable-stayed bridge funded by the Government of Australia, was open to traffic in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on May 27.

Ben Tre has enormous potentials in not only agriculture but also tourism. Making full use of the favourable ecosystem, Ben Tre tourism has been developing in a more professional and sustainable manner

The final segments of Cao Lanh bridge in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap were joined at a ceremony held by the Cuu Long Corporation For Investment, Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (Cuu Long CIPM) on September 1.

A recent landslide along the Tien River in Dong Thap province’s Hong Ngu district caused a coffee shop and 2,400 square metres of land to sink into the river.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is forecast to suffer more landslides along the Tien river, which cost more than 290ha of land together with 320 billion VND (13.91 million USD).

With its fertile soil and great development potential, Tra Vinh province is expected to become a new centre for trading, aquatic product processing and high-value agriculture of the southern region and the whole country in the near future, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Cao Van Ba, who has lived on the Son Islet in the middle of the Hau River for nearly 50 years, fears that he will have no choice to move to the mainland as erosion is destroying his farmland.

The Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta have become deeper in recent years instead of having silt build-up like in years past, experts have said.