Mekong Delta provinces plan to focus on community-based tourism projects in 2023 to boost tourism development and lure more visitors.

Landslides are getting worse in the Mekong Delta in both scale and frequency. What do we need to do to minimize the negative impacts of landslides in the region?

The Ministry of Transport has urged Tra Vinh Province to implement compensation payment for site clearance and resettlement support to build a new ship channel for large vessels in the Hau River.

Breeding 1,500 breeding ri voi snakes (Subsessor bocourti), a farmer in Tien Giang province now earns nearly US$30,000 a year.

The degradation of the Quan Chanh Bo and Cho Gao canals are considered “bottlenecks” for the transportation of agricultural products in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, experts said.

SunRice, Australia’s largest rice supplier, will partner with Australian and Vietnamese researchers to develop a new variety of rice that helps farmers in the Mekong Delta adapt to climate change.

The Transport Ministry informed that by 2025, the Mekong Delta will have needed around 39 million cubic meters of sand to level the surface for road construction projects. The urgent need in 2023 is 16 million cubic meters.

Saltwater intrusion along with intensive drought has been posing threat to the agro-fishery sector in Mekong Delta.

In recent days, many petrol filling stations in the Mekong Delta region have closed and stopped selling, partly because of losses, and partly because of supply shortages, leading to the prospect of large-scale disruptions in the region.

Sub-greater Mekong region countries need to join hands in reviving the previous dynamic growth of the Mekong tourism industry as an attractive destination for international tourists.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the PM a pre-feasibility study report for the implementation of two road sections passing through Kien Giang and Bac Lieu under the trans-Vietnam 2744-km-long Ho Chi Minh Expressway project.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta are suffering from serious flooding as flood tides approach the 2019 historic peak.

Many provinces in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam are facing a scarcity of construction sand for several key expressway projects.

Over the years, the Mekong River has provided much for people living there, but recently the water has been low, causing shrimp, fish and other seafood catches to plummet.

The Master Plan for the Mekong Delta designed for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, is focused on infrastructure development.

Many localities in the Mekong Delta have been discussing ways to strengthen regional linkages, among which the field that needs to be connected first is traffic.

Despite its high population, the lack of information technology workers has hindered the Mekong Delta region’s digital economic development.

Agriculture is the strength of the Mekong Delta. However, the large gap in living standards and employment opportunities between the agricultural and industrial sectors continues to create waves of migration from the region to the southeast region.

Tran Dinh Thien, a respected economist, believes that if Vietnam can exploit its potential, it will be a big player in the world’s energy map in the future.

Local authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have declared an emergency as erosion along rivers and coasts in many localities has increased.