With a strategic location in the Mekong Delta and blessed with many key
national projects like passageways for oceangoing ships to enter the Hau
River, Co Chien Bridge, Duyen Hai Power Centre, and Dinh An Economic
Zone, Tra Vinh province possesses a lot of favourable conditions to draw
investment. Do Van Khe, Director of Tra Vinh Department of Planning and
Investment, affirmed that Socio-economic development potential of the
province is being awakened and tapped effectively, promising to make Tra
Vinh an attractive and trusted destination for domestic and foreign
investors. Vietnam Business Forum reports.
Ministries of Transport and Public Security would take drastic measures
to find and punish overloaded trucks, being blamed for damaging roads
and threatening the safety of commuters.
Applying science and technology advances in agricultural production is
vital to help develop the socio-economy in the Mekong Delta, a
Government official said on November 26.
The coordination among Mekong Delta localities and between them and Ho
Chi Minh City, Hanoi and the southeastern region hasn’t formed a
sustainable connectivity, thus causing the unavailability of a
particular mechanism to attract investment to the region.
Mekong Delta leaders on November 25 held a meeting with representatives
of diplomatic missions from 10 countries and territories and several
international organisations as part of the 2013 Mekong Delta Economic
Cooperation Forum in Vinh Long province.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has asked localities in the Mekong
Delta region to diversify ways to call for and promote investment with
the highest determination in order to attract more investment to the
region which is labelled the country’s granary.
Leaders from 13 Mekong Delta localities and Ho Chi Minh City met at
a November 26 conference in Vinh Long province to seek ways to beef up
their cooperation and connectivity.
Mekong Delta's Vinh Long province wants to attract more investment
projects as part of the delta's target of adopting a green and
sustainable economy to eliminate the impact of pollution.
The southern province of Kien Giang has set a target of earning over 60
million USD from exporting aquatic products in the remaining months of
this year, towards fulfilling its yearly plan of 185 million USD.
The New Zealand Government will provide 500,000 NZD (412,550 USD) for
the project “Livelihood Improvement for Building Resilient Communities”
(LIBRE) which aims to help people in the southern province of Vinh Long
improve their disaster response capability, according to New Zealand
Embassy to Vietnam.
The 2013 Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum (MDEC Vinh Long 2013)
will be a chance for the region to introduce its advantages and
potential in order to attract more investment and create a development
momentum for the region.
Students of the Khmer ethnic group in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh
Long have spent their two-month summer holidays in pagodas to learn the
Khmer language, which is at risk of disappearing.
Bird flu epidemic and diseases in farm animals including blue-ear and
foot-and-mouth in pigs and cattle have been put under control in most
localities nationwide during the last two weeks.
The 2013 Conference for Investment Promotion and Social Welfare for the
Mekong Delta region is scheduled to take place in Vinh Long province on
August 30.
A senior agricultural official has called on provinces nationwide to
intensify measures to prevent the spread of bird flu viruses, especially
the transmission of H7N9 into Vietnam as the new strain continues
spreading in neighbouring China.
A village named “Vietnam-the Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Village”
was inaugurated in southern Vinh Long province on April 11, becoming
the first of its kind in Vietnam.
A ceremony was held in Vinh Long province on January 30 to mark the
start of a construction project funded by the Republic of Korea’s
organisation - Asia Cultural Exchange Foundation (ACEF) that will create
homes for people on low incomes in the Mekong delta.
