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Mekong Delta region contributes roughly 31% to agricultural sector’s GDP

Statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that the Mekong Delta region is contributing about 31% to GDP of the entire agricultural sector, with roughly 50% of rice output, 95% of rice exports, 65% of aquaculture and exploitation output, 60% of fish exports and approximately 70% of all type of fruits.

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First health science institute in Mekong Delta to open in 2025
The institute will support teaching, learning and research activities for lecturers and students in health-related fields, both domestic and international, from the 2024-25 academic year.
Coast Guard stands side-by-side with fishermen in Mekong Delta province
Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command has carried out many activities to support fishermen in Gò Công Đông District in the Cửu Long (Mekong) province of Tiền Giang.

Life in review: Prof Võ Tòng Xuân’s seminal contributions to VN agriculture
Late Professor Võ Tòng Xuân made an outsized contribution to Việt Nam’s agriculture and food security with his research and creation of many new rice varieties to improve yields in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.
Mekong Delta master plan contributes to ensuring food security
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Trần Duy Đông said the implementation of the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) master plan has helped shift the mindset about food security from developing agriculture based primarily on rice to an aquaculture - fruit - rice model to increase value and improve production efficiency.
Accurate erosion forecasting needed to minimise human losses, property damages in Mekong: deputy PM
Deputy PM Quang expressed sympathy for the difficulties faced by localities grappling with natural disasters such as erosion and subsidence.
Mekong Delta speeds up social housing development for low-income, industrial park workers
The region is speeding up the progress to approve investment plans for multiple projects as part of a nationwide programme aiming to develop at least one million social housing apartments for low-income and industrial park workers

Vietnam News Agency presents gifts to the poor in Mekong Delta
More than 350 people living in poverty and the elderly in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) province of Bến Tre received medical examinations and medicine in a charity programme held by the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in the South on Saturday.
HCMC to host massive job fair amid labor shortages
HCMC is going to host a regional job fair on July 31, in collaboration with 22 provinces and cities in the Southern region, serving as a platform for provinces to share their labor supply.
Khép lại chuỗi Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN lần thứ 57 và các Hội nghị liên quan
Ngày 27/7, tại Vientiane, Lào, các Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN và các nước đối tác đã tham gia các hoạt động cuối cùng trong khuôn khổ Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN lần thứ 57 và các Hội nghị liên quan.
Việt Nam tham dự Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Quan hệ đối tác Mekong-Hoa Kỳ
Ngày 27/7, trong khuôn khổ Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao ASEAN và các Hội nghị liên quan tại Vientiane, Lào, đã diễn ra Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Quan hệ đối tác Mekong - Hoa Kỳ (MUSP) lần thứ 3. Thứ trưởng Ngoại giao Đỗ Hùng Việt, thay mặt Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Bùi Thanh Sơn, dẫn đầu đoàn Việt Nam tham dự hội nghị.
Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Mekong và các đối tác
Đây là lần đầu tiên các Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao hợp tác Mekong-Nhật Bản và Hội nghị Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao hợp tác Mekong-Hàn Quốc sau ba năm bị gián đoạn.
Heavy rains damage rice crop in Mekong Delta
Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are having difficulty harvesting their early summer-autumn rice and protect young rice plants since heavy rains have inundated many fields.
Mekong Delta strives to secure inland waterway traffic safety
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, which comprises 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City, has a dense river and canal network, which plays a major role in transporting people and goods.
Mekong Delta seeks to popularise traditional art
Bạc Liêu Province, which is known as the cradle of tài tử music, a genre of traditional music of southern Việt Nam, is preparing to bring tài tử music to primary, secondary and high schools in the coming school year as part of the province’s project on preserving and promoting the art in 2024.
PM requests settlement of obstacles to expressway project in Mekong Delta
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session on July 13 with ministries and localities in the Mekong Delta to resolve obstacles and promote strategic transport infrastructure development, after concluding two fact-finding trips to expressway construction projects.
Making all efforts to complete Mekong Delta's expressways ahead of schedule: PM
The expressway projects that are completed on time or ahead of schedule will open up new opportunities and development space for the entire Mekong Delta region as well the country.
Greater efforts needed towards 1,200km of expressways in Mekong Delta: PM
The Mekong Delta is expected to have about 1,200km of expressways, with some 600km to be completed within this tenure, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said during a field trip to the Châu Đốc-Cần Thơ-Sóc Trăng expressway project on July 13.
Uncle Tư the builder of compassion in the Mekong Delta
Uncle Tư's team has built 582 houses for impoverished families, orphans and the elderly, each costing around VNĐ30 million (US$1,180).
Mekong Delta photo contest seeks entrants
The Mekong Delta Photo Contest themed "Mekong Delta Land and People on the Path to Innovation" is co-organised by the Việt Nam Photographers Association (VPA) and the Vĩnh Long Province Literature and Arts Union.
High quality, low-emission rice project's pilot model in Mekong Delta yielded positive results
In the pilot, farmers used less seed, fewer fertilisers and the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced fell, while profits increased.
Sand to be mined from river for Mekong Delta expressway construction
Sand is being mined in a new location in the Hậu River in Sóc Trăng Province since June 30 to serve construction of a key expressway in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.

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