As climate change, upstream hydropower dams and intensive agriculture threaten traditional farming and fisheries in the Mekong Delta, women like Nga are struggling to find stable alternative livelihoods.

By 2026, the Mekong Delta is expected to have about 554km of highways, which will help promote the region's socio-economic development.

The General Department of Geological and Minerals of Vietnam is urgently carrying out work related to assessing sea sand exploitation for levelling highways, transport and urban infrastructure projects in the Mekong Delta.

The sand demand in the Mekong Delta is quite high, especially with the North-South Expressway project going on. Yet, the sand volume here is remarkably decreasing, leading to an urgent need for feasible proposals on sand exploitation.

According to historical documents the 70 km long Saigon-My Tho railway line was the first railway line in Vietnam in the once Indochina region which began operations on 20 July 1885.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s 12 provinces and the city of Can Tho are developing more products under the country’s “One Commune-One Product” programme.

A lot of expressway projects have been implemented and are about to start construction, creating a big opportunity for the Mekong Delta to vigorously develop.

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.