Firefighters from four localities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta coordinated to quell a serious fire that broke out at a garment export company in Can Tho City on Thursday. Firefighters from four localities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta coordinated to quell a serious fire that broke out at a garment export company in Can Tho City on Thursday. The blaze started on the fifth floor of Kwong Lung Meko Company, a local garment exporter, at the Tra Noc Industrial Park in Binh Thuy District at about 9:15 am, according to Colonel Tran Duc Binh, deputy director of the municipal Department of Firefighting Police. All workers managed evacuate the building before the fire spread beyond control, though one employee was injured. When firefighters arrived at the scene they found many of the rooms in the building to be locked and the floor covered in flammable textiles, further complicating the situation. Leaders of the municipal People’s Committee were also on site to help direct the … [Read more...] about Serious fire breaks out at garment company in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
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Mekong Delta needs coping measures for land subsidence
Mekong Delta needs coping measures for land subsidence Trung Chanh CAN THO - The Mekong Delta has sunk 2-4 cm a year, with low-lying coastal areas facing the most severe subsidence, said Piet Hoekstra of Holland’s Utrecht University at a seminar on Tuesday on challenges and solutions for subsidence in the delta. Land subsidence in the delta, the country’s key rice farming area, is predicted to worsen and scientists pointed the finger at the overexploitation of groundwater. Other causes include the compression of thick layers of sediment, the impact of natural conditions, the development of infrastructure such as roads and high-rise buildings and the breakup of tectonic process. Speaking to the Daily on the sidelines of the seminar in Can Tho City, Ky Quang Vinh, head of Can Tho Climate Change Office, said groundwater resources had been almost exhausted. At the seminar, scientists said fast urbanization and the conversion of arable land into residential and industrial … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta needs coping measures for land subsidence
Bản in : Can Tho strives to become Mekong Delta economic hub
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is striving to become the economic hub of the region by 2020, said Tran Thanh Man, Secretary of the city’s Party Committee. It aims to further raise the share of industry and trade-services in the economy to 48.8 percent and 47.9 percent, respectively, reducing agriculture’s share to only 3.3 percent, according to Man. The city will also work towards becoming the socio-economic, education-training, science-technology, health, culture, and sports centre, as well as the key domestic and international transport connection, of the Mekong Delta region, he added. Chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Le Hung Dung said in order to realise the goals, the city will focus on measures for intensive development. It will improve its investment climate to attract more domestic and international funding while expanding its connection with Ho Chi Minh City and other localities and organising high calibre human resources training to … [Read more...] about Bản in : Can Tho strives to become Mekong Delta economic hub
Bản in : Canada hopes to expand trade in Mekong Delta
Businesses from Canada are seeking to expand trade in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, especially in chemicals, agriculture pharmaceuticals, seafood material and education. During a working session with Can Tho city authorities on August 10, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam David Devine said Canadian firms want to enhance trade relations in the delta, specifically with Can Tho city, Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces. He said Canada welcomes and creates favourable conditions for Vietnamese rice and seafood and other agriculture businesses to expand trade in the market. He noted that the Mekong Delta is rich in land and boasts high agro-fisheries output. The region’s export products also meet the Global Good Agricultural Practice (GlobalGAP) standards. With the support of Canadian agriculture pharmaceuticals, the local products are expected to satisfy the strict requirements of choosy markets such as the EU and Japan, he added. The Ambassador said economic ties between Canada and Can … [Read more...] about Bản in : Canada hopes to expand trade in Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta rapidly sinks to the sea
The Mekong Delta is sinking 2.5cm every year because of ground water extraction and unreasonable planning and constructions on the surface. The problem was discussed at a conference about sinking threat and solution for the Mekong Delta on March 21 in Can Tho City. According to the results from Rise and Fall Project held by Can Tho University and Utrecht University in Netherlands, many rural lands have a subsidence rate of 10-20mm a year, this rate is 25mm in urban and industrial areas. According to Piet Hoekstra, head of the project, the subsidence rate at some locations were 2-4cm a year, mostly in the coastal and low-lying area. Some locations have sunk 25cm in the past 25 years. Nguyen Hieu Trung from Can Tho University said the subsidence rate in the Mekong Delta has sharply increased in recent years. There are four main causes for the subsidence including natural subsidence, tectonic process, pressure from surface constructions and groundwater extraction. Groundwater extraction, … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta rapidly sinks to the sea