A conference took place in Can Tho city on April 18 to connect Japanese partners with the Mekong Delta, where the presence of foreign businesses, including Japanese ones, is still modest compared to other regions of Vietnam. Delegates sign cooperation deals at the meeting The event was among an array of activities marking 45 years of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. In his opening remarks, former President Truong Tan Sang said the conference aimed to promote investment cooperation between the Mekong Delta localities and Japanese partners. It was a new stride in Vietnam-Japan relations since the signing of a joint statement on the establishment of an extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia in 2014. Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said after years of making development efforts, the Mekong Delta, comprising 12 provinces and Can Tho city, has become a dynamic region full of development potential. The Vietnamese Government pins high hopes … [Read more...] about Meeting looks to increase Japanese presence in Mekong Delta
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Mekong Delta students to get access to computer science
Microsoft Vietnam and the Dariu Foundation on Tuesday launched a project called “Enabling Boat” to help disadvantaged youth in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta access computer science and code literacy.— Photo baohaugiang.com.vn HCM CITY — Microsoft Vietnam and the Dariu Foundation on Tuesday launched a project called “Enabling Boat” to help disadvantaged youth in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta access computer science and code literacy. According to the 2018 Digital Transformation Study in the Asia Pacific conducted by Microsoft and IDC, one of the biggest barriers to digital transformation is the lack of skills and resources. This is not only a challenge to enterprises’ digital transformation journey but also to the country’s. “Digital transformation brings economic transformation, and it means transformation for everyone”, Phạm Thế Trường, general director of Microsoft Vietnam, said. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta students to get access to computer science
Sea dyke project hoped to help Mekong Delta cope with climate change
Speaking at the workshop, Nguyen Duy Tuan, Director of the Institute of Geology, Water and Environment, said that responding to climate change, especially in the Mekong Delta, was a top national priority. “It’s vital to seek solutions and invest in new structures to prevent tides and saline intrusion. We also need to store fresh water and respond to rising sea levels in the Mekong Delta, as well as cope with flooding in HCM City,” he said. The Vung Tau-Go Cong sea dyke project, which was proposed in 2011 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, would include a 28km-long main dyke extending from Go Cong Commune (Tien Giang province) to a point 5 km from Vung Tau City (Ba Ria-Vung Tau province), where it would connect with another dyke 13km long running to Can Gio Biosphere Reserve in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo for illustration. Source: dmhcc.gov.vn The project would also include construction of the Long Tau sluice, and canals North of the … [Read more...] about Sea dyke project hoped to help Mekong Delta cope with climate change
Erosion attacks yet another part of Vietnam’s Mekong delta
Residents living along a river in Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta had to rush out of their houses on April 6 as erosion sank into the river bank, sweeping away the street at their front yards. “People had to evacuate quickly, taking children, elders and furniture out of their houses,” a local named Nguyen Thi Le said. She said the authorities started building an embankment to prevent erosion on this bank section of the O Mon River the other day and everything seemed to be just fine back then. Now erosion took away an area that stretches 54 meters (177 feet) long, 12 meters wide, causing three houses and a parking garage in Thoi An Ward of O Mon District to subside and have cracked walls. Can Tho irrigation authorities said they have built an embankment to prevent erosion along the O Mon River since August last year and the project has been half-finished. They just started work at the eroded section in Thoi An by driving stakes into the river bed before the … [Read more...] about Erosion attacks yet another part of Vietnam’s Mekong delta
Mekong Delta farmers switch crops to cope with climate change
As the effects of climate change and salinity intrusion continue to plague farmers in the Mekong Delta, they have begun to restructure their cultivation plans. A farmer harvests mussels in the Mekong Delta’s Kiên Giang Province – VNS Photo “The saltwater has damaged thousands of hectares of rice in An Biên and An Minh districts, and other Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces. So, farmers in An Minh and An Biên districts are now breeding shrimp along with rice,” Lê Tấn, a farmer in Kiên Giang Province’s An Biên District said. Local authorities have been encouraging many farmers in the Delta to combine aquaculture and the cultivation of organic rice. In the past, farmers in coastal districts such as An Biên and An Minh grew two rice crops a year. One ha of rice produced only 2.5 to 4 tonnes and brought income of about VNĐ20 million (US$900). However, the combination of rice and aquaculture can … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta farmers switch crops to cope with climate change