A sprawling cajuput forest within Tram Chim National Park, located in Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, is currently ablaze, emitting billows of smoke reaching hundreds of meters into the sky.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has revived and developed the night market of the Dinh Yen sedge mat weaving village, also known as the “ghost” market, as a unique tourism product to lure tourists.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will host its second Lotus Festival from May 16-19 at Van Mieu Park in Cao Lanh City.

The southern province of Dong Thap has announced plans to organise a second lotus festival in May.

The craft of making Sa Đéc rice flour in Tân Phú Đông Commune and Ward 2 in Đồng Tháp Province’s Sa Đéc City has been officially recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Dong Thap province has a border more than 50km with Pray Veng province (Cambodia) with 7 border gates, including 2 international border gates and 5 secondary border gates.

Dong Thap has approved a project to conserve red-crowned cranes in the Tram Chim National Park in the 2022 – 2032 period with an estimated total budget of over 184 billion VND (nearly 7.6 million USD).

The Asian Records Organisation (ARO) has presented a culinary value certificate to lotus-based dishes of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap for the 2022 - 2023 period.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has launched a sustainable rice value chain project in the delta as a public-private partnership (PPP), according to Senator Tim Ayres, assistant minister for Trade and Manufacturing of Australia.

The Dong Thap Province has proposed the central government allow it to establish a specialized economic zone in the provincial border gate economic zone to fuel economic growth in the border area.