The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is making a beeline for sustainable poverty reduction, aiming to cut the rate of impoverished households in the locality by 2.5 percent by the end of this year.
Coastal communes in the south central province of Quang Ngai are facing alarming environmental pollution as a result of the waste discharged from residential areas, industrial production and tourism activities.
Profitable shrimp farming produced a rapid transformation in the quality of life for people in Mekong Delta, but the unplanned expansion in production has also had negative effects on the environment