Mekong delta tour

Two new expressways to be built in Mekong Delta The Ministry of Transport has directed the Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (CIPM) to conduct a pre-feasibility study for two expressway projects in the Mekong Delta. … [Read more...] about Vietnam follows new approach to deal with saline intrusion in Mekong Delta

Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Kawaue Junichi speaks at a signing ceremony to provide non-refundable aid to a project to develop organic agriculture in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, held in Ho Chi Minh City, February 27, 2020. Photo: Bao Anh / Tuoi Tre News Local students will also be taught environmental protection via models of organic gardens at their schools. … [Read more...] about Japan aids organic agriculture project in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

HCM City (VNA) – Designing tours to safe places which have yet been hit by the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is among the choices most selected by travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta at this time. The epidemic, which hit 54 nations and territories as of 6:30am of February 28, has seriously affected the tourism sector in Vietnam in general and in the south in particular. Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa said that revenues of several big travel agents in the city in February decreased by 40-60 percent. The number of tourists going to the city by air in the month was down 28.3 percent compared to January and nearly 23 percent year-on-year. The number of tourists to other southern localities, including Can Tho city and Ben Tre province, also fell significantly. To make tourists feel secured, travel agents in the southern region have strictly complied with … [Read more...] about Southern travel agents improve products amid coronavirus outbreak

The report recommends Vietnam to prioritise renewable energy in national power planning; increase use of natural gas as the current best-fit baseload for renewable energy; construct a regulatory and permitting environment that attracts private sector and smaller scale off-grid investment in clean energy generation and energy efficiency; invest in grid infrastructure to improve stability and capacity; and halt any new approvals for coal. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES FEB. 28

Foreign direct investment inflows to Viet Nam in the first two months of 2020 were estimated at US$6.47 billion, down 23.6% against the same period last year, according to a report by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. … [Read more...] about VN attracts US$6.47 billion of FDI