Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn highly appreciated the support of the Vietnamese Government and people for the fight against COVID-19 in Cambodia, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a press release issued on June 8.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 8 suggested the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) implement the three urgent tasks of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining economic growth, and preventing environmental degradation.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in China’s Chongqing city on June 7.

While new public-private partnership ventures and new legislation are in the gun barrel waiting for potential investors to join, possible concerns over risk protection are still in the way, possibly threatening the bankability of the country’s future transport plans.

Tran Tuan Anh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, said on June 1 that solutions are needed to create momentum for socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta.

VOV.VN - The administration of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has imposed social distancing on the entire province as of 00.00hrs on June 1 in order to keep the coronavirus in check after the first cases were detected.

VOV.VN - Foreign investors have pumped approximately US$14 billion into the nation during the opening five months of the year, marking an annual rise of 0.8%, with Singapore taking the lead after making a total investment of US$5.26 billion.

VOV.VN - Millions of voters in the Mekong Delta region will go to the polls on May 23 to elect deputies to the National Assembly and grassroots-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Banh cong, or Vietnamese fried shrimp cake, is a rustic specialty typical of the Khmer ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.

A photo exhibition titled “The Mekong, Stories of Man” by French-Vietnamese photographer will be on display at L’Espace (24 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) from May 14 until June 11.