Bio-diversity protection: top priority in Đồng Tháp The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp is taking measures to preserve bio-diversity in its wetlands, waterways, and dry land areas, as well as in agricultural production, in the 2021-25 period.

Đồng Tháp unveils programme to preserve endangered pink mandarin The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has approved a project to preserve the specialty pink mandarin of its Lai Vung District, which is facing a threat of dying out, over the next five years.

Pink mandarin yield for Tết falls dramatically Farmers in Đồng Tháp Province’s Lai Vung District are expected to supply 80 per cent less pink mandarin, a specialty fruit for Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, compared to the previous last Tết, which falls on January 25. 

Five-fruit trees, plants shaped like rats popular for Tết

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are growing new flower and plant varieties such as five-fruit trees and rat-shaped plants for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on January 25 (Year of the Rat).

New-style rural area building programme achieves much success in Mekong Delta

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City have achieved good results in the national target programme on new - style rural area building, with rural incomes and living conditions improving considerably.

Đồng Tháp surges ahead with GAP quality for fruits, innovative selling methods The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp is encouraging farmers to grow more fruits to good agricultural practice (GAP) standards to improve incomes and sustainability.

Farmers sell ‘strange' Tet fruit Farmers and artisans in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta are busy creating "strange" and "unique" fruits for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls in early February next year.

Boom time for gardeners Everyone like to buy fruit trees for Tet. Someone has to grow them and sell them, which means that gardeners do good business at this time of year. Many try hard to make special trees that fetch good prices. One type of tree is even especially made to grow different fruits on its branches.

Gardeners vie for best blooms ahead of Tet Economic hardship seems to be a thing of the past as people are loosening their purse strings to buy expensive ornamental flowers and fruit trees for the coming Tet holidays.

Fruits getting ready for Tet Soon, it will be Tet once again. Tet is the Lunar New Year festival. It starts on January 31. People will be buying special fruits to celebrate the festival. Farmers have been growing all these fruits. They plan to harvest them shortly before the festival. Mangoes, grapefruit and pink mandarins are the most popular fruits.