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Erosion swallows five houses in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Five houses along a river in Can Tho City were washed away while another 14 partly collapsed on Monday morning as erosion continues to attack Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The eroded area stretches 55 meters (180 feet) long and 10 meters wide along the O Mon River. Keep ...
Save the Children to open office in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam and Can Tho city
Save the Children is planning to open a representative office in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, and Can Tho city, as the growth engine of the region, is suitable to be the location of this office, said the organization’s Country Director Dragana Strinic. Keep reading ...
More capital to be poured into Mekong Delta to address erosions
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to the provision of 1.5 trillion VND (65.9 million USD) from the standby 2018 State budget for Mekong Delta localities to address urgent dyke erosion threatening life and property of local residents. Keep reading ...
Doubts swirl around ambitious anti-saline intrusion project in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Experts are questioning the touted benefits of an approved multimillion-dollar plan to prevent saltwater intrusion in a coastal province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, highlighting fears of negative ecological and agricultural impacts. Keep reading ...
Mekong Delta needs new vision of tourism development: BCG
Representatives of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have suggested Mekong Delta localities set forth a new vision and solutions for tourism development. Keep reading ...
Three waterway projects mooted in Mekong Delta
The Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration has called on the Ministry of Transport to assess and invest in three waterway transport projects in the Mekong Delta under public-private-partnership mode. The first is an upgrade of an 86km stretch of the Hàm Luông River to allow passage ...
Investment Environment in Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta, composed of 13 provinces, 20 percent of the country’s population, and 18 percent of the national GDP, has consistently recorded one of the highest average provincial competitiveness indexes amongst all provinces since 2014. Keep reading ...
PM urges resources for landslide settlement in Mekong Delta
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the pressing need to focus resources on tackling climate change in the Mekong Delta in the wake of landslides along river banks, canals and seashores threatening life and property of local residents. Keep reading ...
Investment floods into Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta once sheltered Viet Cong guerrillas as they battled U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Today the area is the country’s “rice bowl,” providing half of the national rice supply. It is also becoming an increasingly attractive investment destination for domestic and foreign ...
Vietnam: Mekong Delta shows best competiveness nationwide
The Mekong Delta has consistently recorded the highest average provincial competitiveness index (PCI) among six regions nationwide since 2014, said the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Among 10 cities and provinces across the country showing the best governance, five are in the Mekong Delta, ...
