The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 20 presented certificates of merit to nine fishermen in Go Cong town for saving 22 Philippine sailors who met an accident at sea.
Facing water shortages, farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have grown corn on nearly 2,000ha of rice fields for the 2018-19 winter-spring crop.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has developed new agricultural production models that provide farmers with a reliable income to cope with climate change in its eastern districts and Go Cong town.
Saltwater and brackish-water aquaculture production in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has improved farmers’ incomes in the last 10 years under a national marine strategy.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will allocate more than 32 billion VND (1.4 million USD) to reinforce the Go Cong sea dike to protect coastal agricultural land and residential areas in 2017.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has invested more than 215 billion VND (9.4 million USD) in building water supply pipelines to ensure clean water for residents of coastal districts in dry season of 2017.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has taken several measures to ensure clean water resources for residents of coastal districts, preventing drought and saline intrusion in dry season of 2017.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is reinforcing the Go Cong sea dike to protect thousands of hectares of coastal agricultural land, according to a local official.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has spent 384 billion VND (17 million USD) on building irrigation works for production, preventing natural disasters and protecting lives.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has implemented a project on managing and mitigating the risk of droughts and floods in the greater Mekong Sub-region.
The My Loi bridge linking the two southern provinces of Long An and Tien Giang, which opens to traffic on August 29, will reduce the distance to the latter province from HCM City to 25km.
Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung praised the achievements Tien
Giang province has made in implementing the second phase of a programme
on building residential clusters in flooded areas in the Mekong Delta
during his working session with local authorities on December 18.
President Truong Tan Sang on August 20 attended a ceremony marking the
150th death anniversary of Truong Dinh, a national hero in the war
against the French invasion, in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Agency for
International Development (AusAID) has provided 63.91 million USD for a
project to improve the ability of communities in the southern provinces
of Tien Giang and Dong Thap to respond to and recover from the negative
impact of floods and droughts.
The southern province of Tien Giang has been conducting safe
vegetable and fruit production models with the assistance of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB).
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