While it is said that “land is as precious as gold”, a 74-year-old farmer has decided to leave 20,000sq.m of land alone to give storks a home to nest and lay eggs.

A plan to construct a museum specialised in the agriculture of the Mekong Delta has been approved by the People’s Committee of the southern province of Vinh Long.

Vinh Long Province People's Committee announced that they had approved construction of the VND400bn ($17m) Mekong Delta Agriculture Museum on May 15.

Farmers and agricultural officials in Vinh Long Province in Mekong Delta are rushing to prevent the worse impacts of an early saline intrusion.

In order to quickly achieve smart city ambitions, authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vinh Long recently gave the green light to installing a network of surveillance cameras.

Now this is an absolutely quackers case.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Museum of Vinh Long Province in the Mekong Delta has unveiled a rare ancient statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition featuring the past and present Con Dao Islands opened on June 11 in Long Ho District in southern Vinh Long Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A trip to Dai Islet in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long will allow tourists to experience the genuine atmosphere of the southern land with fruits, waterways and rustic cuisine.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Situated near Cai Muoi Canal which is always crowded with boats and junks, Cai Cuong ancient house in Binh Hoa Phuoc Commune, Long Ho District of Vinh Long Province is an architectural structure of European and Oriental styles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the other localities dream of waste treatment plants, the Mekong Delta’s most modern plant in Vinh Long Province is shutting down, even though locals have been living with it for the last several years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - April and May is the harvest time at orchards throughout the southwestern region, and it is a good time for you to visit.

 Vinh Long is not only well-known as a “Land of Orchards” with laden fruit trees all year round, but also a “Land of ceramics and bricks”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A truck of 60 tons in tonnage ran through a temporary bridge under construction, making the entire bridge collapsed completely.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese-Canadian agriculture engineer named Nguyen Thanh Phong has used advanced technology to cultivate high yield fresh vegetables in Phu Thinh Commune in Tam Binh District in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.

VietNamNet Bridge - While their parents were at a death anniversary, a big blast occurred on the bank of a canal, killing up to four children and injuring four others.