The planned new 55km-long route, or 827E axis road, connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Long An and Tien Giang provinces is expected to promote goods transport and tourism development in the southwestern region.
Can Tho, the most populated city in the Mekong Delta region, has achieved outstanding results in developing a project to build a smart city after nearly two years of implementation.
The Dong Nam Textile JSC, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), began construction of the first yarn factory in the southwestern region in Bac Lieu province on January 23.
Shops in Thailand’s southwestern province of Phetchaburi on August 7 blocked doors with sandbags and bricks to brace for flooding over fears that a dam in the area could overflow.
About 20,000 artefacts were unearthed in Linh Son pagoda, which is located within the Oc Eo archaeological site in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, between August and December 2017, according to an archaeologist.
Officials of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region congratulated Khmer ethnic people on their traditional Sene Dolta festival while visiting Theravada Buddhist pagodas in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on September 14.
The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) aims to offer 41 trillion VND (1.8 billion USD) of loans to the southwest region in 2030, up 13 trillion VND, or 46 percent, compared to 2016.
Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam are set to benefit from more support in educational, training, cultural, medical and religious affairs in the future.
An increase in the number of resistant-TB cases has occurred in the southwestern region of Vietnam, according to the head of the region’s national TB prevention and control office.
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.
Authorities of the Southwestern Steering Committee discussed cooperation with the delegation from the US city Riverside, led by Mayor William Bailey III, in Can Tho city on November 15.
The Steering Committees for the Northwestern Region, Central Highlands Region, and Southwestern Region met to review three-month performance and seek stronger roles in regional 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.
Environmental experts gathered in Can Tho on September 19 to discuss ways to strengthen the participation of the community in evaluating environmental impacts of energy projects in the region.
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 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.
A master plan and development scenarios for the Mekong Delta region will be reviewed to suit the integration trend and adapt to climate change, stated Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.
The southwestern region grew 6.5 percent in the first half of 2016, with Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) estimated at 250 trillion VND (11.25 billion USD).
The Vietnam Journalists’ Association and the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 24.
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