The World Bank on August 18 launched a project on rural safe water supply and hygiene in Thai Binh province to benefit 12 Red River Delta provinces. In the first phase from now till 2010, the project will benefit 800,000 people in 120 communes or 15 percent of the rural population in the four Red River provinces of Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thai Binh and Hai Duong. Most of 50.1 million USD that the WB provides in soft loans for the first phase will be invested in building safe water supply systems, and the remainder will be used to educate people in habits for hygienic lives and to increase their involvement in monitoring the project's progress. The second phase will continue from 2008 till 2013 to benefit 1.5 million people in 240 communes in the remaining eight Red River Delta provinces. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Red River Delta kicks off WB-funded rural water project
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Red River Delta needs a “creative menu” to attract travelers
VietNamNet Bridge - The 11 provinces and cities in the Red River Delta all have their own advantages to develop tourism. However, their revenue from tourism remains very modest. Pham Trung Luong, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Tourism Research Development Institute, stressed that the Red River Delta has outstanding advantages in comparison with other regions in terms of culture and history. Red River Delta is the cradle of the rice civilization of Vietnam, which stores the proofs of the 4000-year development history of the Vietnamese nation. The existing tombs, monuments and temples, which are the witnesses of the different dynasties in the past alone, are enough for travel firms to draw up hundreds of different attractive tours. Hanoi, the capital city, the political and cultural center of the whole country, is located in the core of the Red River Delta, which has been known as the second biggest place for passengers to transit in Vietnam, just after HCM City. With the total … [Read more...] about Red River Delta needs a “creative menu” to attract travelers
Promoting foreign affairs activities in Red River Delta
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Hanoi Department of Foreign Affairs on March 27 held a conference on foreign affairs activities in the Red River Delta region. The conference saw the presence of leaders of foreign offices in the provinces of Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh and representatives from several departments of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The conference aimed to talk over measures to promote local foreign affairs tasks in the present time and make preparations for the National Foreign Affairs Conference in the upcoming time. Participants at the meeting mainly focused their discussion on the role and position of foreign affairs in the current situation, experiences in managing and assisting foreign non-governmental organisations as well as measures to promote foreign affairs activities to serve economic development. Source: HNM Translated by Vu Hung … [Read more...] about Promoting foreign affairs activities in Red River Delta
Prize awarded to photos for Red River delta region’ competition
The artistic photo competition for the Red River delta region concluded in Hai Phong city yesterday with the first prize given to the photo ‘Truoc Bien’ (In Front of the Sea) by Hoang Dieu from Hung Yen province. Three silver and eight bronze medals and ten consolation prizes were also awarded to winners at the opening exhibition held yesterday. The competition, organised by the Vietnam Photographic Artist Association and the Hai Phong Association of Literature and Art, attracted 769 entries by 184 artists from nine cities and provinces of Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Thai Binh and Nam Dinh. Works reflect lively people, life, landscapes and socio-economic achievements of provinces in the region. This is the 12th competition of the kind held so far. Source: nhandan … [Read more...] about Prize awarded to photos for Red River delta region’ competition
EVN releasing water into Red River delta
Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the largest power group in Vietnam, January 23 began releasing water from the Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Tuyen Quang hydropower plant reservoirs to provide more water to lower sections of the Hong (Red) River. The water will be released until January 25 to help Red River delta provinces cultivate winter-spring rice crops. Over the past two days, heavy rain in the south helped ease drought conditions which had lasted several months, but the precipitation was not enough to saturate the entire region. A maximum of 1,618, 143, and 333 cubic meters of water will be released each day from the Hoa Binh, Thac Ba and Tuyen Quang reservoirs respectively. This is the first of three stages in which EVN will release water for the delta's farming production this year.Nguyen Lan Chau, deputy director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center, said the water level of the Red River on January 26 would increase up to 2.25 meters from the current level of 0.52 meters. … [Read more...] about EVN releasing water into Red River delta