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Workers transport fishes at  Tran De Port in Soc Trang Province.— Photo nhandan.com.vn The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Soc Trang is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Tran De deep-water seaport project. Tran Van Lau, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Tran De deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Tran De Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VND40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable …

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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision on the free-of-charge provision of over 4,880 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to Hoa Binh, Ha Tinh and Soc Trang provinces to support needy people who have been affected by restriction measures to fight COVID-19 . Accordingly, northern Hoa Binh province will receive 54.78 tonnes, while central Ha Tinh province will get 229.47 tonnes, and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang more than 4,596 tonnes. The Deputy PM asked the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to work together to implement the decision and submit reports on it. Meanwhile, People’s Committees of beneficiary localities are requested to bear responsibility on the accuracy of relevant information they provide and deliver the rice aid to the right people in a timely manner./. VNA …

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A network of expressways with a combined length of 400 kilometers would be built until 2025, including those of Cantho – Ca Mau, and Soc Trang – Chau Doc – Cantho – Tran De. The transportation infrastructure in the Mekong Delta region is slated for significant upgrades during the 2021-2030 period. Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh at the meeting. Photos: Duc Tuan Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh stressed the view during the Government meeting held on November 25, discussing the master plan for the Mekong Delta region for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. According to Thanh, the Mekong Delta region remains one of the country’s key regions in terms of national defense-security and socio-economic-cultural development. As of present, the region makes up 12% of the total area, 19% population, 50% of crop production, 95% of rice exports, 65% of seafood, and 70% of fruits of the country. Thanh said for years, the Government has been prioritizing …

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An additional 16,052 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Saturday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,197,404, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 16,037 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,773), Can Tho (954), Binh Duong (716), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (697), Tay Ninh (3,676), Dong Thap (604), Bac Lieu (574), Dong Nai (567), Binh Thuan (562), Vinh Long (539), Soc Trang (449), Kien Giang (427), Ca Mau (422), Tra Vinh (328), An Giang (324), Hanoi (310), Hau Giang (287), Ben Tre (265), and Khanh Hoa (239). There were 15 imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 46 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,160 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 1,192,200 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …

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Statistics from the Ministry of Health show that as of November 14, Vietnam recorded over 1.018 million COVID-19 infections, including 1.013 cases seen in the fourth wave from April 27, with 855,237 recoveries. Highest case numbers were recorded in Ho Chi Minh City (446,443 cases), Binh Duong (242,874), Dong Nai (77,399) Long An (36,441) and Tien Giang (20,506). The capital city of Hanoi reported 5,777 cases since April 29, including 2,202 ones found in the community. Minister Long said that the forecast of the pandemic developments is difficult due to the emergence of new variants of the virus and complicated developments of the unprecedented pandemic. So far, no long-term predictions have been given in the world, he said, adding that the World Health Organization forecast that it may not end in 2022 and prolong to 2023, becoming a normal flu. The official said that the ministry has asked localities to remain vigilant against the pandemic and increase COVID-19 vaccine coverage. …

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A severe landslide along a bank of the Tien River in Thanh Binh district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region needs “consistent strategies” to deal with groundwater extraction, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion in an increasingly urbanising area, experts said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 26. Speaking at the online event, Nguyen Huu Thien , an expert on Mekong Delta ecology, said that land subsidence is a threat to many of the world’s deltas, especially the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The overexploitation of groundwater in the region has contributed to severe land subsidence and will lead to devastating consequences if the practice continues, according to the expert. “It is essential to support policymakers in exploring suitable, consistent strategies for mitigating subsidence in a participatory manner.” In recent years, data has become available showing the rate at …

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An additional 12,936 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Sunday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,210,340, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 12,928 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 57 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,454), Can Tho (966), Binh Duong (705), Tay Ninh (692), Binh Thuan (598), Dong Thap (592), Binh Phuoc (591), Dong Nai (553), Vinh Long (545), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (531), Ben Tre (522), Bac Lieu (512), Soc Trang (491), Kien Giang (439), Ca Mau (387), Hau Giang (294), Hanoi (277), Khanh Hoa (258), and An Giang (215). There were eight imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 120 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,100 infections found in the community. As of Sunday evening, 1,205,128 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …

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A man has sample taken for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health announced 13,109 new cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam on November 26, bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic to 1,181,337. Another 137 casualties were also reported, raising the country’s death toll to 24,544. Of the new cases, 7,288 were found in the community and 15 were imported. Ho Chi Minh City tops the daily case list again with 1,809 new cases, followed by Can Tho city (897) and Binh Duong (707). The capital city of Hanoi recorded 253 new cases. The other infections were found in Tay Ninh (655), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (653), Dong Thap (601), Bac Lieu (566), Dong Nai (556), Vinh Long (536), Ben Tre (501), Binh Thuan (496), Soc Trang (493), Kien Giang (418), An Giang (387), Ca Mau (374), Tra Vinh (309), Binh Phuoc (271), Hau Giang (238), Khanh Hoa (216), Dak Lak (181), Bac Ninh (153), Ha Giang (143), Binh Dinh (132), Tien Giang (123), Nghe An (117), Thua Thien …

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Long An aims to develop seamless transport infrastructure, Photos: Long An online newspaper Through five years of implementation, many projects have been put into operation, contributing a great deal to improving the rural transport infrastructure system in Long An’s key economic zone and strengthening links with different industrial zones (IZs) and clusters (ICs). These have laid the foundation for investment attraction, gearing local economic structure towards increased proportion of industry and services with lower agriculture percentage, supplementing income sources for local budget, and pushing up the province’s socioeconomic development. Back in 2015, breakthrough programmes and several major works were put into the pipeline for the province, mostly in transport infrastructure development. Accordingly, the programmes on mobilising all resources into building transport infrastructure featured a list of 14 arterial roads in diverse provincial districts such as Ben Luc, Duc …

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The city has built more than 40 collective trademarks for farm produce. As forming and protecting trademarks for Vietnamese agricultural products is a matter of survival in the context of globalization and economic integration, Hanoi and many localities have been focusing on building brands for key agricultural products. Dong Phu organic rice area in Chuong My District. Photo: Trong Tung In Hanoi’s suburban district of Chuong My, Director of Dong Phu Organic Agriculture Cooperative Trinh Thi Nguyet said that in 2015, Dong Phu organic rice was certified as a collective trademark by the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Since then, the product is popular with many consumers and sells well in the domestic and foreign markets at prices three times higher than the time it was not certified. With the brand, the cooperative has exported its products to the world’s biggest market-the US. Many other …

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