VOV.VN - The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on March 15 joined leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mekong provinces to launch the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien ordered localities, especially those in Mekong Delta, to focus on developing the supply chain and high-quality larvae so as to improve shrimp values and sustainably broaden the sector.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects the Asian Development bank (ADB) will continue to coordinate and soon implement projects on the list of official ODA funding and other foreign preferential loans for the Mekong Delta region.

The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), in collaboration with related parties, on January 16 organised a workshop announcing the project ‘Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta’ (TRVC).

Industrial parks (IPs), export processing zones (EPZs) and economic zones (EZs) in the Red River Delta granted investment registration certificates to 487 projects in 2023, including 390 foreign direct investment (FDI) and 97 domestic direct investment (DDI) projects, up 63.35% compared to last year’s figure.

VOV.VN - An exhibition aimed at introducing the traditional customs of ethnic groups of the Mekong Delta region during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, got underway on December 19 in Can Tho.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese pangasius exports are anticipated to reach about US$1.8 billion this year, equivalent to 75% from the same period last year, heard a conference held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on December 15.

Farmers in two major flower villages in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, Sa Dec in Dong Thap province and Cai Mon in Ben Tre province, are busy planting seeds for the Lunar New Year flower crop, which falls on February 10 this year.

The Mekong Delta region, the country’s rice and fruit granary, holds huge potential for further investment in agriculture, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam said on October 30.

VOV.VN - The Tra Vinh FARM Co. Ltd. (Sokfarm) in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh officially exported its first batch of fresh coconut nectar drink to the United States on October 25.