VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is aiming to develop a Vietnamese rice brand that would become the world's leading rice by 2030, according to a project approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ongoing drought has seriously affected farms and households in the Mekong Delta, causing water shortages for thousands of families in the provinces of Kien Giang, Ca Mau, Ben Tre and Tien Giang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Soil erosion caused mainly by lower levels of water in rivers and canals in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has damaged houses, fruit orchards and construction works.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those who have a chance to visit the Mekong Delta province of Long An are advised to head for a 100-pillar house built in the early 20th century in Long Huu Dong Commune in Can Duoc District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When touring the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, apart from exotic nature, farms and waterways, tourists are highly recommended to drop by a coconut candy making facility.

 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.

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