Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) – A training session on water resources protection was held for pupils at the Nguyen Du secondary school in Rach Gia city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, on June 11. The session was part of a project on boosting wastewater management capacity in Kien Giang, which has been carried out under the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Partnership Program since October 2017. Participating pupils learnt about local water conditions, wastewater treatment process, and solutions to clean rivers and sea. They also learnt to save the resources and limit their release of wastewater into the environment. Kien Giang’s wastewater management capacity enhancement project will run until March 2020 to prepare public personnel necessary skills in the matter. The Mekong Delta is in need of developing its wastewater treatment system. It has been facing difficulties in policy planning for wastewater management and in … [Read more...] about Japan helps Kien Giang manage water resources
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Kien Giang urged to fully tap potential for stronger development
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (standing) speaks at the working session with leaders of Kien Giang province (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to fully tap its potential and strengths, especially in agriculture and tourism, in order to well perform tasks and orientations set for the locality in 2019. During a meeting with leaders of the province on April 14, Trong requested representatives from relevant ministries, sectors and agencies to discuss and clarify prominent achievements made by Kien Giang, and analyse potential and advantages as well as development orientations, towards fostering the province’s rapid and stronger development in the coming time. He highlighted the need to pay attention to promoting comprehensive development, saying that the socio-economic development should be the centre, the Party building should be … [Read more...] about Kien Giang urged to fully tap potential for stronger development
Kien Giang urged to boost industrial development
Trong visited VRG Kien Giang MDF JSC, located in Thanh Loc Industrial Park in Chau Thanh district. It was the first enterprise to invest in Thanh Loc Industrial Park, the only industrial zone in Kien Giang. The senior leader surveyed the industrial wood production line by the company. Speaking to Kien Giang province’s leaders and local workers, the Party chief and State president urged the locale to focus on calling for investment for boosting production and business operation, with attention paid to ensure the harmony between the province and the enterprises’ interests. He assessed said that Kien Giang has advantages in agricultural development, particularly in rice and shrimp production, while the province also has potential for tourism as Phu Quoc Island is growing strongly. Therefore, Kien Giang needs to pay attention to developing its industrial sector to have a more comprehensive development, he stressed, adding that the locale needs to pay attention to environmental … [Read more...] about Kien Giang urged to boost industrial development
Kien Giang applies advanced technologies in large-scale shrimp farming
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will promote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on large scale until 2025. (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will promote the application of advanced technologies in shrimp farming on large scale under its master plan on shrimp development until 2025. Accordingly, the province will shift 5,000 hectares of extensive culture of shrimp to industrial and semi-industrial shrimp farming by 2020, of which 4,700 hectares are in the Long Xuyen Quadruple and 300 hectares in U Minh Thuong. Automatic water environment monitoring stations will be set up serving both aquaculture and environmental protection in this period. The total area of brackish water shrimp farming is projected at 127,850 ha in 2020. Meanwhile, the 2021-2025 period will see the formation of a high-tech shrimp industry along with the development of shrimp-rice farming model and large-scale extensive shrimp … [Read more...] about Kien Giang applies advanced technologies in large-scale shrimp farming
Kien Giang: 12 sea turtles returned to nature
The rare turtles are released back into the ocean (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) – As many as 12 turtles were released back into the ocean in Phu Quoc island district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on October 26. The rare raptiles were previously raised among local households in Bai Thom commune of Phu Quoc for years. In accordance with the Prime Minister’s decision on aquatic resources protection and development by 2020, the steering board on aquatic resources protection in Phu Quoc and relevant agencies have discovered and encouraged the locals to voluntarily set the animals free. Since the beginning of this year, the district has released nearly 40 turtles into the sea, including those weighing over 50kg. Earlier this month, in the central coastal province of Quang Binh, a rare turtle was found and released back into the ocean by locals on Bao Ninh beach, Dong Hoi city. A group of workers at a construction site near Bao Ninh … [Read more...] about Kien Giang: 12 sea turtles returned to nature