Destinations
Ke Go Lake: Eco-tourism destination in Vietnam
Ke Go Nature Reserve, home to a beautiful lake of the same name, has become a tourist attraction in the central province of Ha Tinh.
Destinations
Destinations
Environment
Phu Yen province faces severe drought
The south central coastal province of Phu Yen has been suffering hot weather and severe drought which might cause harvest losses.
Environment
Mekong Delta attempts to combat saltwater intrusion
Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta is expected to increase between April 28 and May 6 as the volume of water flowing southward from the Mekong River will decline, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Irrigation Department.
Politics
NA leader hails Gia Lai for socio-economic performance in 2018
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has hailed Gia Lai province for its socio-economic performance in 2018, particularly a growth rate of 8 percent.
Environment
Drought threatens farmers in south-central region
Lower water levels in reservoirs and barren farmland can be easily seen in many parts of the south-central and Central Highlands region even though it is the rainy season.
Business
Mekong Delta provinces invite construction bids
Provinces in the Mekong Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works.
Society
Tay Ninh spends 158 million USD on building irrigation works
The People’s Committee of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh has approved an irrigation planning scheme for the 2016-2025 period, with a vision to 2035, with total investment of nearly 3.59 trillion VND (around 158 million USD).
Environment
Erosion risk in central Quang Tri province
A reservoir embankment in central Quang Tri province is at high risk of breaching, threatening the safety of 3,000 local residents who live below the reservoir.
Politics
Legislators mull over Law on Irrigation on June 8
The draft Law on Irrigation was discussed during the National Assembly’s ongoing third session in Hanoi on June 8 under the chair of Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Society
Dak Lak: 97 percent of rural households connected to national grid
All communes, wards and towns and over 97 percent of the total households in rural areas in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have been connected to the national grid.
Environment
Conference highlights impacts of water projects on Mekong delta
Along with the El Nino, projects in the Mekong River’s upstream, including hydropower plants, water-diverting and water-use works, are likely to pose serious impacts to the Mekong Delta.
Environment
Kien Giang: More than 2.3 trillion VND needed for irrigation work
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang needs more than 2.3 trillion VND (103 million USD) by 2020 to build irrigation facilities to prevent saline intrusion.
Society
An Giang aims to form more new-style rural areas
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is striving for over 50 percent of its communes to meet all 19 criteria required for being recognised as new-style rural areas by 2020.
Society
Hau Giang invests 81 mln USD for irrigation work
The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang has decided to spend over 18 trillion VND (81 million USD) on building irrigation facilities to serve agricultural production and salinity intrusion prevention
Society
Capital allocation for new rural area programme in 2016
The People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities were ordered to allocate the State budget for the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural areas in 2016.
Society
Drought forces crop switch in central Vietnam
Ninh Thuan (VNA) - Farmers in the provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have been forced to switch to crops that require less water to to cope with water shortages caused by prolonged drought.
Society
Drought affects cultivated crops in Dak Lak
Regional drought is damaging more than 4,400 hectares of crops, mainly
rice and coffee trees, in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
Mekong Delta to grow subsidiary crops on rice land
Farmers from the Mekong Delta provinces plan to use 112,000 ha of land
for growing subsidiary crops like maize and soybeans from now to 2015 in
order to contain the spread of summer-spring rice disease.
Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant generates 175 billion kWh
Hoa Binh Hydropower JSC was awarded the Independence Order, First Class,
in northwestern province of Hoa Binh on December 14 at a ceremony to
mark its 25th anniversary.
Politics
Binh Thuan asked to focus on agriculture
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the central province of
Binh Thuan to pay more attention to the development of agriculture
along with the building of the new model for the rural area and improve
income and living conditions for people living there.
