Mekong Delta

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FDI bottlenecks in Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the Mekong Delta was “a bright spot” in the initial stage of FDI attraction, it has now been in low profile with Can Tho City lagging behind Long An and Tien Giang provinces.

Floods in Mekong Delta prove lucrative for locals

 VietNamNet Bridge – While people in the North and Central Vietnam fear floods for the havoc they bring, people who live in the Mekong Delta count the days until the next flood season to make lucrative earnings during that time.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 27/8

 Party General Secretary receives Vientiane leader; Strengthening Vietnam- Seychelles relations; VN eager to boost ties with Japan

22 Mekong city property officials on trial

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-three people, almost all of them officials, are on trial for wrongdoing related to land management in Long Xuyen City in the Mekong Delta.

Mekong Delta flood season to strike earlier than usual

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual flooding of rice fields by the Mekong River is expected to occur earlier than normal this year, according to the delta's main disaster prevention agencies.

Vietnam considers cutting rice farming area down

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists believe that it’s now the right time for Vietnam to cut down the rice growing area, especially when farmers now tend to give land back to the State.

Mekong Delta’s rice turn fragile to hydropower plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists have voiced their deep concern about the fate of the Mekong Delta and the Vietnamese rice farming in the context of the hydropower plant boom.

Land for industrial parks lies abandoned in Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Delta provinces have long vied with each other to attract foreign investments to develop industrial parks and zones, however inefficient planning has led to thousands of hectares of land lying abandoned

FDI drips into Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta has seaports and international airports, but due to its poor transport infrastructure and low labor skills, foreign investors do not want to pour capital into the region.

Mekong Delta hit by invasive shrub

 VietNamNet Bridge – The plant (Mimosa pigra L.), one of the world's worst invasive species, is developing rapidly in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, but local authorities have not taken measures to thoroughly destroy the shrub.

Bun sung is Vung Tau treat

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people usually mistake bun sung (noodles cooked with water lily) of the coastal city of Vung Tau with noodle dishes found in the Mekong Delta provinces of Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Ca Mau.

Da Nang launches tourism push

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 80 travel agencies, hotels and transport companies have come together in an effort to boost tourism to the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Chinese tourist arrivals grow strongly

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Chinese tourist arrivals in Vietnam this July has grown by a hefty 90.9% over the year-ago period, according to the General Statistics Office.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 12/7

 PM tells Delta to promote ‘large-scale' production; Co-operation with India to stay strong; Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament to visit Vietnam; President Sang’s China visit drives development: Ambassador

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/7

 VNA, Rolls-Royce in talks over aircraft engine deal; Dealing with trade lawsuits; Vietnam, EU end fourth FTA round; Second aircraft spare parts factory to take shape; Anti-dumping probe on stainless imports

Firms desperate to stockpile rice

VietNamNet Bridge – Firms should be allowed to expand their warehouse capacity so they can stockpile one million tonnes of summer-autumn rice to ensure the Government's programme to purchase rice is a success,

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.

More companies shuttered

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of enterprises that ceased operations rose by 12.3 per cent in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Plants told to tackle pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in the city of My Tho in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have complained about a bad odour that had been polluting the city, especially at dawn and sunset.

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.