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New expressways in the southern region are expected to be a motivation for the economic growth of regional localities, stated Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh while chairing a conference in An Giang on July 27 to realise Government’s resolutions on the implementation of Khanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot, Bien Hoa-Vung Tau, and Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang expressways.

The Ministry of Transport has been drafting a report seeking the National Assembly’s approval on the development of three expressway projects in the south-central and southern regions of Vietnam.

Construction of Chau Doc bridge which connects Kien Giang province’s Chau Doc city and Dong Thap province’s Tan Chau town started on March 28.

A new 188-kilometre highway in the Mekong Delta between Chau Doc city in An Giang province and Soc Trang province is planned to be built, and the feasibility study for it has been handed to the Ministry of Transport by the My Thuan Project Management Board.

The Nui Sam national tourism site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang’s Chau Doc city, considered the biggest cultural spiritual tourism hub in the region, will reopen to visitors on January 1, 2022.

The Giant Bread in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has caught global attention as one of the world’s most bizarre foods.

New highways in the Mekong Delta region have met transport demand, but have failed to meet the socio-economic potential of the area, experts have said.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is expected to welcome over 714,100 tourists during the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, starting on February 2, up 15.18 percent year-on-year.

The administration of Chau Doc city, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, is asking for the Government’s opinion on the compilation of a dossier seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the Ba Chua Xu Temple Festival on Sam Mountain as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to develop the Sam Mountain national tourism site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is striving to take full advantage of its potential for tourism development and turn it into a spearhead economic sector.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang received more than 1 million tourists to its religious sites in February, up 200,000 from the previous month.

The Ministry of Finance and the Kuwait Fund signed on March 11 in Ho Chi Minh City a loan agreement for a project to supply medical equipment to the Chau Doc General Hospital in An Giang.