Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are growing more new flower varieties for the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on January 25.

Many poor households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long have escaped poverty through central and local poverty alleviation programmes that provide soft loans to carry on business or agriculture.

At least five people died in a wall collapse on Friday morning at Hoà Phú Industrial Zone in Long Hồ District, the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long.

The sinking situation of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta in the south of Việt Nam—seen in the rising tides and worsening floods affecting the region—is obviously caused by climate change. But the mindset of planners that fostered the building of embankment systems around the delta decades ago has worsened today’s situation.

Acting President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh said the Government wants to continue the call for more investment in agriculture.

A photo exhibition featuring the past and present Côn Đảo Islands opened on June 11 in Long Hồ District in southern Vĩnh Long Province.

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION

The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) and People’s Committees of Mekong Delta provinces in Vĩnh Long and Trà Vinh agreed Monday to cancel the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project on National Highway No.53.

High-tech urban models of agriculture in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long are yielding high profits for farmers.

Vietnamese martial artist Trương Thị Kim Tuyền, 20, is eyeing a gold medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after pocketing a silver medal at the recently concluded Muju WTF World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea.