The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) organised a conference in Mekong delta Can Tho city on September 22 to seek measures to improve the quality of its Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region Pictorial in the southern region.
Provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta need to focus on speeding up agricultural production, tourism and services to tap the region’s potential, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.
The Central Executive Committee of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha marked the 78th founding anniversary of the Buddhist branch with a grand ceremony at An Hoa Pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on June 12.
Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region Le Hung Dung sent a merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Catholic dignitaries, priests and followers in the province.
Mekong Delta localities should further enhance connectivity to promote strengths and address challenges in order to achieve stronger socio-economic development.
A delegation from the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region visited a number of Khmer pagodas in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on Sept 28 on the occasion of Sene Dolta festival.
A delegation of the Central Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region on September 27 visited several pagodas in southern Vinh Long province on the occasion of the Sene Dolta festival.
Localities and ministries must steer clear of subjectivity and strive to find new models for climate change adaption, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told a meeting on September 26.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said economic development, better living conditions and poverty reduction will be key to improve the effectiveness of religious and ethnic work.
Delegates at a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 22 emphasised the need to roll out a specific mechanism in order to mobilise resources in developing transport infrastructure.
The Mekong Delta region faces a severe shortage of medical specialists in five specialised departments of tuberculosis, leprosy, mental diseases, anatomical pathology and forensic medicine.
The Mekong Delta region is facing a serious shortage of medical staff in five rare specialities including tuberculosis, leprosy, psychiatry, surgery and forensic science, a seminar heard on August 15.
The Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region and the Ministry of Transport agreed to submit to the government the transport development plan for the region until 2020 with a vision to 2030.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An on July 27 held a ceremony to repatriate the remains of 20 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia at different periods.
A seminar on promoting the application of technological advances in the product value chain took place in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on July 14.
Various solutions to the development of enterprises in the Mekong Delta were discussed at the Mekong Delta Business Forum, which was held in Hau Giang province on July 13.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
