Đồng Tháp uses IT, smart devices to restructure agricultural production

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp is expanding its use of information technology (IT) and advanced farming techniques to restructure agricultural production and achieve sustainability.

Tiền Giang stops growing three rice crops a year in coastal areas to cope with climate change

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will grow only two rice crops a year in coastal districts and Gò Công Town to mitigate the impact of saltwater intrusion and drought.

Mekong Delta has excellent winter – spring rice crop

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has harvested the 2020 – 21 winter – spring rice crop with farmers successfully avoiding the impacts of saltwater intrusion and managing high yields and getting high prices, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Sóc Trăng shrimp farming area to remain unchanged in 2021

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng plans to breed brackish water shrimp species in more than 51,000ha of ponds next year, the same as this year.

Kiên Giang Province improves lives of Khmer with fruitful support policies The lives of ethnic Khmer people living in Kiên Giang have improved significantly after the province efficiently implemented local and central government support policies for them in recent years.

Cần Thơ becomes first in Mekong Delta to complete task of building new-style rural areas

The Prime Minister has recognised its districts of Thới Lai and Cờ Đỏ as new-style rural areas, Cần Thơ City announced on September 16.

Mekong Delta to expand fruit, seafood production in response to climate change

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta plans an additional 450,000ha under fruit and seafood production by 2030 as part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s effort to shift the region’s farming model toward more sustainable agriculture practices.

Islet district develops specialised farming areas to adapt to climate change

Tân Phú Đông, an islet district in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang, has developed specialised farming areas to enable local farmers to adapt to climate change.

Trà Vinh promotes agricultural restructuring as drought, saline intrusion damages crops

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh have encouraged farmers to restructure their crop cultivation to mitigate the impact of drought and saltwater intrusion. 

Sugarcane no longer sweet for Mekong Delta’s largest producer

Hậu Giang Province, the largest sugarcane producer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, is growing less and less of the crop as prices fall sharply.