Dong Thap province, the Mekong Delta’s largest tra fish producer, has more than 2,200ha of aquaculture farms breeding the fish and they have produced about 438,000 tonnes so far this year, equivalent to almost the full-year target.
Wetlands in Vietnam are under threat from both natural factors and human activities.
Sunjin Group from the Republic of Korea inaugurated its new animal feed factory at Dong Van IV Industrial Park, in Kim Bang district, the northern province of Ha Nam on November 16.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added eight more cultural icons to the list of Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritages.
The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources.
The animal feed industry, which is growing at 10-15 percent annually, is highly attractive to foreign investors, who are steadily expanding their production.
River and sea ports in the Mekong Delta system of Group 6 ports handle a huge volume of goods, but 70 percent amount of goods in the region are still carried by road to Ho Chi Minh City.
The Mekong Delta water level is dangerously high, threatening major fruit crops of Dong Thap province. Local authorities have deployed various flood prevention plans in a to protect the fruit crop.
Visitors to Dinh Yen village in Dong Thap province’s Lap Vo district in the Mekong Delta are sure to be fascinated by the colourful mats there.
More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, according to experts.
Some 270 farmer households in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Tien Giang will receive support to improve their mango supply chain’s competitiveness under the Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)’s project launched in Cao Lanh city, Dong Thap province on September 19.
The Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF), managed by VinaCapital Group, on August 31 announced its 25-million-USD investment in the Tam Tri Medical Group, which owns four private hospitals in Da Nang, Nha Trang city, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Thap province.
The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has asked the Government to provide 300 billion VND (13.2 million USD) to move locals from landslide-prone areas to new residential areas.
A budget of 15 trillion VND (645 million USD) will be spent on 14 urgent transport projects during the 2016-2020 period under the Standing Committee of 14th National Assembly’s Resolution No.566/NQ-UBTVQG14.
Vietnam’s seafood export value in the first seven months of 2018 was estimated at 4.63 billion USD, up 6.3 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap has issued identification numbers to ponds that breed tra fish under a government decree on aquaculture management that went into effect last July.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting in Hanoi on July 24 with Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia Tony Smith, who said his country will keep assisting Vietnam in the latter’s development process.
Only 11 sarus cranes, the tallest species of flying birds on earth, have been spotted this year at Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province – which used to be the top destination of the bird in the Mekong Delta region.
