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A crackdown long overdue

VietNamNet Bridge – The transport ministry will deal firmly with overloaded trucks despite objections, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Deputy Director General of the Directorate for Roads, tells the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper

Farmers suffer as rice remains unsold

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta need help in dealing with large quantities of unsold rice because expected purchases have not been made under a plan to build up temporary reserves.

Can Tho issues deadline for delayed oil refinery

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho’s authorities have demanded that the much-delayed Can Tho oil refinery developer meet its obligations to pay a deposit of VND11 billion ($523,000) to prove its financial ability

More new flight to Can Tho City

 The Southwestern Steering Committee, the Ministry of Transport, and Can Tho City People’s Committee said in a meeting on Match 17 that they would like more air routes in the region in order to aid in economic development.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/3

 VN's President commends Nikkei Group; SBV cuts interest rates; Can Tho ready for new air routes; Processing, manufacturing industry attract most FDI projects; SBV to spend VND8 trillion on rice; VND10 trillion for livestock farming revamp

New A/H5N1 strain subtype found in Can Tho

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho reported on March 13 that a new subtype of H5N1 avian influenza virus, 2.3.2.1C, has been discovered in some outbreaks in the locality.

Visit southwestern orchards in summer

 VietNamNet Bridge - April and May is the harvest time at orchards throughout the southwestern region, and it is a good time for you to visit.

Students boycott vocational schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – Facing a severe student shortage, many vocational training school classroooms equipped with expensive tools and machinery are going unused as enrolment remains stagnant.

Man died from his snake, in a Can Tho’s motel

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Can Tho City have reported an odd incident: A man took several venomous snakes to a motel and he died by snakebite there.

Can Tho unsure of where to dump rubbish

 VietNamNet Bridge – The main rubbish dump of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho was closed on January 1, due to the serious pollution it has caused to surrounding areas.

Cong cake – specialty made of delta rice

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coming to the Mekong Delta, after cruising along canals, shopping on the floating market and cycling around orchards, tourists should enjoy many rustic specialties, of which cong cake is suggested as a must-try dish.

Can Tho starts construction of RoK-funded hi-tech centre

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho started construction of a hi-tech scientific research centre funded by the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s government in Tra Noc industrial zone on November 23.

Going to Cai Rang floating market in the flood season

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting the Cai Rang floating market in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, visitors will be immersed in the miniature world of the southwestern region.

Thuan Hung house takes you back in time

 VietNamNet Bridge – Built in 1925, Thuan Hung ancient house is worth a visit in the Mekong Delta area to explore its timeless architecture and grounds.

Big tourism projects on Phu Quoc Island still unmoved

VietNamNet Bridge – Most of huge tourism projects on Phu Quoc Island have yet to be kicked off and the island will still be short of hotel rooms in the next couple of years,

Mit Nai in Can Tho is worth an exploration

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mit Nai-Dan Tien area in Can Tho City includes many historical and cultural relics such as Mit Nai Market, Dan Tien Pagoda and Thay Cau Garden.

VN vocational schools offer better job prospects: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – After he passed his university entrance examinations last year, Vu Duc Duy of Mekong Delta Can Tho City had a choice.

Over 50 bln VND for educating ethnic minority people

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will spend 50 billion VND on programmes, policies and projects to enhance education for ethnic minority people as part of a recently approved ethnic affairs strategy until 2020.

The tragedy of seafood exporters in southwestern region

 VietNamNet Bridge - These days the number of seafood processing workers in Tra Noc Industrial Zone (Can Tho City) and Trung Hoa Industrial Zone (Ca Mau) have been reducing.

Can Tho: Barges crash into 44 houses

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the anchor wires of two barges were broken, the barges drifted uncontrollably and crashed into 44 houses along the Cai San River in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.