The Mekong Delta province of An Giang and Cambodia’s Kandal province held a conference in Long Xuyen city on September 10 to review their cooperation since the beginning of the year and sketch out plans for the rest of 2019.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has earmarked over a trillion of VND on the construction and upgrade of structures designed to prevent erosion along Tien and Hau riverbanks, helping minimise losses caused by natural disasters.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man met constituents in Thot Not district in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 22 following the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly.
The People’s Committee of Bien Hoa city in the southern province of Dong Nai will install cameras to monitor illegal sand exploitation on the Dong Nai River.
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is devising measures to prevent coastal erosion, which has become more serious due to climate change and socio-economic activities.
A map of landslides and erosions along riverbanks and coasts in the Mekong Delta was introduced at a conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on June 18.
Citizens nationwide have praised the question-and-answer (Q&A) session on transport and environment matters, which was broadcast live on VTV 1 on June 4 as part of the NA’s ongoing fifth meeting.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is to make an official visit to Singapore from April 25-27 and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 27-28, which is expected to further foster the already sound partnership between the two countries.
Hanoi earned 7.955 trillion VND (349 million USD) from auctioning land-use rights last year, pushing the total revenue it earned from land up to 37 trillion VND (1.62 billion USD).
Authorities in several northern provinces've remained silent as hundreds of thousands of households along Lo river desperately seek help to prevent their farms being swept away by rampant sand mining.
With demand for sand for construction rising even as prices are skyrocketing, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has recommended the use of other materials in construction in place of natural sand.
Major challenges facing the Mekong Delta remain climate change and natural disasters, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong told a conference in Can Tho on July 14.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and deputies met constituents from Vinh Thanh and Ninh Kieu districts in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 28.
The Mekong Delta, home to some 18 million inhabitants, is plagued by severe riverbank erosion, which has been blamed on climate change and human factors.
The Mekong Delta region, home to about 18 million people, is Vietnam’s largest agriculture hub. However, the region faces serious erosion in river and sea banks due to climate change and human factors.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan delivered a report gathering the opinions and recommendations of voters nationwide to the National Assembly (NA) during the legislature’s third session on May 22.
Some 80 percent of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed that each ministry and locality must devise a detailed plan to fulfill set targets, in which responsibilities of individuals and units must be specified.
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