Mekong delta what to do

In coastal areas of Ben Tre Province, after mass die-off of thousands of tons of clams, cooperatives and farmers have cleaned up the farming areas to prevent pollution and are closely monitoring the salinity level to wait for favorable conditions to increase clam farming for export. In Soc Trang Province, Mr. Vo Van Choi, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ngoc To Commune in My Xuyen District, said that in the past months, due to high salinity levels, nearly 1,900 hectares of shrimps were behind schedule. To prevent losses, authorities recommended farmers to raise shrimps perfunctorily and sparsely with low density. At the same time, farmers should closely monitor and wait for the salinity to decline before increasing shrimp farming in the future. According to Mr. Nguyen Van Quoc, Deputy Head of the Department of Fisheries of Tra Vinh Province, every year, the province raises 25,000 hectares of shrimps but this year, the raising ratio merely accounts for 30 percent of that … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta provinces increase production after saltwater intrusion, drought

Vinh Long (VNS/VNA) - Vinh Long province has stepped up efforts to speed up site clearance, compensation and resettlement for households affected by the My Thuan – Can Tho Expressway project’s first phase. The provincial People’s Committee on April 3 met with the project’s investor, the Cuu Long Corp for Investment, Development and Project Management of Transport Infrastructure (Cuu Long CIPM). Tran Hoang Tuu, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said a site clearance board had been established to closely work with the Cuu Long CIPM to speed up progress of the project. He urged the Cuu Long CIPM to quickly send documents related to the project to local authorities for implementing compensation, site clearance, and resettlement assistance for affected households. The corporation will ask the Ministry of Transport to grant approval to build a path linking National Highway 1 in Vinh Long Province to the My Thuan – Can Tho Expressway, … [Read more...] about Vinh Long speeds up site clearance of My Thuan – Can Tho Expressway

Of the 241 Covid-19 cases in Vietnam, 91 have been discharged. Many of the 150 active cases are Vietnamese nationals returning from abroad, mostly from Europe and the U.S., and more than 60 people are related to the two major Covid-19 hotspots in the country – the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi and Buddha Bar & Grill in Ho Chi Minh City. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese student returning from UK is ‘Patient 241’