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With a planned budget of up to $2.9 million, the three-year project aims to increase the sustainability of fisheries, enhance climate change adaptation, and improve biodiversity conservation, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a statement Thursday. The project, called the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project, was announced during U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Vietnam in August. It will be implemented by the USAID, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Mekong Delta and its islands are home to 70 percent of Vietnam’s mangroves and 90 percent of its seagrass beds. Fed by the sediment and nutrients from the Mekong River, the targeted habitats support Vietnam’s richest fishing grounds, but they are under growing threats. The delta’s mangrove forests, which provide nursery habitat for sea bass, snapper, and other commercially important …

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Many localities in the Mekong Delta region are facing a considerable rise in Covid-19 cases. On Thursday, Ca Mau Province recorded 68 new Covid-19 infection cases, including 46 returnees from Covid-19-hit areas. The figure has raised the province’s total number of Covid-19 infections to 1,397, including 12 deaths. Ca Mau has set up a 350-bed field hospital at Cuu Long Plaza. This is the fifth of its kind in the locality. Tan Khoi Seafood Company reports a large Covid-19 outbreak HCM City has shared Covid-19 prevention and control activities as well as provided medical equipment and medicines for Covid-19 treatment for the locality. People who visit Ca Mau from areas of low-risk Covid-19 infection do not have to quarantine. Meanwhile, people from high-risk areas with the negative Covid-19 testing result and having one shot of Covid-19 vaccine are requested to take seven days quarantine. The 14-day quarantine is required for those who have not yet been vaccinated …

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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and the Republic of Korea ( RoK ) exchanged experience in ensuring safety for tourists amid COVID-19, as well as tourism recovery and development after the pandemic at a seminar held virtually on October 22. The event was jointly held by the Institute for Tourism Development Research at the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute. It is also expected to boost relations between the two institutes and create a foundation to build a network of tourism experts between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK). Director of the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute Kim Dea-kwan said the two countries have maintained close cooperation over the past time, especially in culture and tourism through diverse exchange activities. Many delegates shared the view that the best policy for travel companies is to help them resume operations in line with COVID-19 prevention and control …

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Like an “underground spring” flowing silently in the hustle of modern life, the traditional arts have been being preserved and passed down from generation to generation by young people who love the cultural values of their forefathers. Young people performing under the programme "Mat xam" to honour artisan Ha Thi Cau. (Photo: Dinh Thao) Sharing the same passion, they have made their own creative approaches to spread their love to all people, especially their peers. Born and raised in the Mekong River Delta province of Vinh Long, cai luong (reformed theatre) and the sweet melodies of don ca tai tu (traditional musical art form of the south) from the Mekong River Delta region are an indelible part of child memories of Ho Phuong Thao (also known Thao Ho) and inspire her passion for traditional arts. Despite working in the field of personnel management in a business, she has also devoted her soul and enthusiasm to various types of folk performances. Travelling to many …

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Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital on Thursday removed more than 100 tumors weighing about five kilograms from the abdomen of a 50-year-old woman from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. Dr. Nguyen Van Tien, head of the surgery department at the hospital, said that the patient suffered a swollen, painful abdomen upon her admission. She had noticed unusual signs about two years ago, but deferred seeking medical care for her abdominal pain over complicated COVID-19 developments in Ho Chi Minh City. It was not until the coronavirus pandemic was basically put under control in the southern city that the patient visited the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital. After a consultation meeting, doctors diagnosed the patient with uterine sarcoma, a disease in which malignant cells form in the muscles of the uterus or other tissues that support the uterus, so they decided to perform a surgery on the woman to remove the tumors. Surgeons took out a total of more than 100 …

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Torrential downpours over the past days have submerged many streets of Hoi An, a popular tourism hotspot. With water levels receding somewhat, coffee shops along the Hoai River have opened their doors to serve customers and their youthful customers have responded in good numbers, not bothered about sipping their beverages with feet submerged in the floodwaters. The annual flood seasoning in Hoi An occurs from late October to January. Over the years, residents of the ancient town have learned to live with the floods and even considered it an opportunity to develop new tourism products like boat tours. From the cafés, people can watch the flooded An Hoi Bridge, famous as a vantage point for the floating lantern festival on the full moon days. People gather in large numbers on the bridge to release colorful lanterns onto the Hoai River. Nguyen Hong Hanh said that as a resident of Hoi An for many years, she was used to the scene of flooded …

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Illustrative image (Source: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn) Since the EC imposed the “yellow card” on the Vietnamese fishery sector, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has set up and completed a provincial steering committee and inspection groups based at fishing ports to popularise IUU prevention regulations to fishermen. The province has regularly organised inspections and examinations on legal documents, necessary equipment of fishing vessels before allowing them to go offshore and dock at Tran De fishing port. Like Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Tra Vinh and Ca Mau provinces have also rolled out measures to enhance local fishermen’s awareness of sustainable offshore fishing. Nguyen Viet Trieu, Vice Director of the Fishery Sub-Department of Ca Mau province, said that in order to minimise IUU fishing activities , the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has given advice to the provincial People’s Committee on preventive measures and coordinated with relevant …

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Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang said that the city’s tourism industry is eager to welcome the first commercial tourists for the waterway tour. Earlier, HCMC had also performed nearly 20 roadway tour programs serving doctors and frontline forces participating in the Covid-19 fight. After a working session between HCMC and the three provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh a few days ago, the three Central provinces were unanimous in welcoming tourists from Ho Chi Minh City again. Over the passing years, the city tourism sector has identified waterway tourism as one of its strengths and potentials to develop unique tourism products. According to Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, waterway tourism is an attractive and potential tourism product that may be developed into one of the city’s typical key tourism products. In recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has exploited …

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