The mekong delta

Mayu Ino, founder of Seed to Table, speaks at a signing ceremony to receive non-refundable aid for 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 Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! … [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

Hanoi (VNA) - Construction started on February 27 on the My Thuan Bridge 2 to connect the Trung Luong-My Thuan and My Thuan-Can Tho expressways between Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, linking the two economic powerhouses of the southern region. The construction is forecast for completion in 2023 to facilitate traffic in the Mekong Delta. The My Thuan Bridge 2 will start from An Thai intersection on the Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway in Tien Giang province’s Cai Be district and end at the intersection with National Highway 80, the starting point of the My Thuan-Can Tho expressway. It is located 350 metres upstream from the existing My Thuan Bridge on the Tien River. The bridge and approach roads will have a total length of 6.61 kilometres. The approach road in Tien Giang province will be 4.33 kilometres long and the approach road in Vinh Long province will be 0.4 kilometres. The main bridge will have a length of 1.9 kilometres and six lanes with a speed limit of 80 kilometres … [Read more...] about Work starts on My Thuan Bridge 2

A poor man in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho who was abandoned by his wife has become paralysed after a traffic accident.  In 2005, Hua Phuong Tin, 38, in Can Tho City's Thoi An Ward, got married and had a son. When his son was just 13 months old, his wife left him to live with another man. … [Read more...] about Paralysed man in Can Tho seeking help

The report showed that FDI disbursement fell by 5% to US$2.45 billion during the reviewed period. Among 48 cities and provinces having received FDI in the two-month period, Bac Lieu ranked first, followed by Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, Dong Nai and Binh Duong. The local authorities of Bac Lieu granted an investment certificate to Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd Co to develop a US$ 4 billion LNG-fired thermal power plant in the province last month, making it the top recipient of FDI in the first two months this year. The project, covering 40ha in Vinh Hau A Commune, Hoa Binh District, is the biggest foreign-invested project in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region thus far. The first two months also saw Singapore was the biggest investor in Viet Nam with US$4.12 billion. China came second with US$720.4 million, while the third place belonged to South Korea with US$425.4 million. The foreign sector’s export revenues, including oil, reached US$25.51 … [Read more...] about VN attracts US$6.47 billion of FDI