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VietNamNet Bridge – Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, forcing many enterprises to reduce their operations.
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is looking to building a low-carbon rice industry through 2020, as heard during an agricultural forum in Vi Thanh City in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on May 5.
Hundreds of young women living in the Mekong Delta participated in the selection round of the 2015 Miss Mekong Delta pageant in Can Tho City this week.
VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta has seen a slow but steady rise in school attendance over the last 40 years, thanks to new roads, schools and modern teaching methods.
VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to a three-year extension of the second phase of a programme to build elevated houses for people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region affected by floods.
VietNamNet Bridge – Crops in the central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions have been pinched by severe drought and the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting predicted that the situation would not end soon.
VietNamNet Bridge – Year in, year out, throngs of fishermen head for the lower reaches of Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta around the beginning of year for the harvest season of bong lau (Pangasius krempfi) fish
A shortage of fresh water and severe saline intrusion has seriously affected agricultural cultivation in the Mekong Delta since mid-February.
VietNamNet Bridge – Many localities in the Mekong Delta have objected to a quota plan announced by the Vietnam Food Association for one million tons of rice in the winter-spring crop to be bought for storage as approved
VietNamNet Bridge – Poor management of fire threats in the Mekong Delta's Tram Chim National Park, a Ramsar site, has caused a sharp decline in the number of sarus cranes there in recent years, a scientist has said.
VietNamNet Bridge – When it comes to floating markets, people will immediately think of the peaceful Mekong Delta where southerners attach their rustic lives to boats and waterways.
Future economic impacts of climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin, including Vietnam, are likely to be wide-ranging and could top US$34 billion annually, according to a report recently released by USAID.
VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities have helped four households in Song Phung Commune in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to move from an area threatened by landslides.
The Southern Institute for Water Resources Planning has implemented a master plan to build three irrigation systems in response to climate change in Can Tho, Ca Mau and Vinh Long – the three most severely inundated cities in the Mekong Delta.
World Bank programme requests research proposals; Slow demand means hard year for rubber; Vietnam invests nearly $20 billion abroad; Economy benefits much from oil price slump; Higher taxes for HCMC restaurants, household businesses
Circle K convenience store chain opens 100th store in VN; Retailers despair as discounts fail to attract more customers; Stalled projects likely to be re-sold; Foreign remittances remain robust in 2014;
The southern city of Can Tho recently installed free public WiFi on Ninh Kieu Wharf as part of an image-building exercise and to attract more tourists.
Malaysia is looking to cooperate with Mekong Delta provinces and cities in clean agricultural development and green biotechnology to create environmental protection solutions.
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Centre (Vietking) has announced top 5 floating markets in the western region of the country that attract a huge number of domestic and foreign visitors.
Saigon Securities divests from confectionery; Vinatex and Itochu embark on ambitious project; Vietnamese manufacturing on the rise; Vietnam to mobilise development capital equal to 30% GDP; Mekong Delta exports 516,000 tonnes of rice in January