When starting a business, having the bravery to take risks isn't quite enough, according to a successful shrimp farmer in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa who earns VND15-16 billion (US$650,000- 700,000) a year.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will focus on increasing the value and competitiveness of its agriculture produce this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local authorities have imposed heavy fines and forced polluting aquaculture establishments to shut down, but new establishments continue to open in Ha Tinh province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Developing flood-based agriculture models, ditching intensive shrimp farming for integrated farming could be key for the Mekong Delta to cope with the threat of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Owners of shrimp-breeding ponds pay VND50-200 million for electricity per hectare per crop, accounting for 10 per cent of their total cost of aquaculture production.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Friend or foe? What was once deemed the enemy of the farmer, seems to have been given a reprieve as clever growers have thought up ways to welcome saline water.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 100 households in the coastal town of Lang Co in Phu Loc district in Thua Thien – Hue province raise white-leg shrimp illegally, causing serious pollution to one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drought and salt intrusion has worsened and damaged a large shrimp farming area in the Mekong Delta since the beginning of this year, causing material shortage for export processing plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rising sea levels caused by climate change and offshore land exploitation for building hydroelectricity plants are threatening the safety of the locals and Ba Dong Beach.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite receiving poor wages and having bad working conditions, many forest rangers have maintained their integrity by doing their jobs well. 

Nanotechnology applications offer fresh hope for beleaguered shrimp farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces, experts said at workshops held in Ben Tre Province on Wednesday and in Bac Lieu Province on Friday.