The amount of alluvium in the Mekong Delta has dropped about 65-75 percent and is forecast to decrease over 90 percent in the future, heard a workshop in An Giang province on March 27.
About 20,000 artefacts were unearthed in Linh Son pagoda, which is located within the Oc Eo archaeological site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, between August and December 2017, according to an archaeologist.
The Mekong provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang have worked together to efficiently use water resources, combat natural disasters and cope with their aftermath.
A seminar on building plans in response to drought, saline intrusion and flooding which are consequences of climate change in the Mekong Delta region was held in Can Tho city on July 21.
A project will be carried out in the near future to improve infrastructure to serve agriculture restructuring in the Long Xuyen Quadrilateral, a major agricultural hub in the southwest of Vietnam.
The Mekong
Delta province of Kien Giang expects to produce a record-high
amount of paddy this year, with an estimated 4.2 million tonnes, up
nearly 293,000 tonnes against last year.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung attended a ceremony to kick off the new school year and
inaugurate the Nam Thai Son High School in the
Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
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