Half day mekong delta tour

Dong Thap Muoi’s farmers have harvested more than 97 percent of its total cultivation land of 200,000 hectares. The average yield is 7.1 tons per hectare, or 0.1 tons higher than the previous winter-spring crop and the average selling price is VND5,000-6,300 per kilogram. “If the current situation continues, it is highly possible that 40,000 hectares of summer-autumn crop rice will not find buyers, or the prices will drop,” Nguyen Phuoc Thien, director of the Dong Thap provincial Agriculture Department warned. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta faces rice crisis as exports are interrupted

The loss would be caused by several factors, including changes in river flow, water quality and the ways sediment and nutrient are transported. These would be directly harmful to habitats, populations and communities, foraging and breeding behaviors, species interactions and ecosystem functioning, and migration of fishes. … [Read more...] about Mekong River dams could slice 0.3 pct off Vietnam’s GDP: report

Ms. Pham Thi Loan, a farmer in An Trach A Commune in Dong Hai District in Bac Lieu Province, said that she has just harvested more than 30 kilograms of giant tiger shrimps sized 30-40 pcs per kilogram and collected roughly VND3.8 million. Meanwhile, in the previous harvest, she harvested only 28 kilograms of shrimps but earned more than VND4.5 million. Shrimp farming currently has entered the peak season but with such decreasing prices, farmers will not earn any profit. According to shrimp farmers in coastal areas in Kien Giang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, and Soc Trang provinces, the prices of shrimps have never declined so strongly in a short time as currently, of which, the prices of giant tiger shrimps dropped most. Just in over a week, the prices of shrimps fell by VND70,000 per kilogram while in comparison with the same period last year, the prices of giant tiger shrimps sank by VND100,000-VND140,000 per kilogram, depending on each kind. According to statistics, in the third week of … [Read more...] about Low shrimp prices cause difficulties for farmers, enterprises

Vinh Long (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is focusing on providing rural labourers with vocational skills that are needed by local businesses. Binh Minh Town Continuing Education and Vocational Training Centre is providing new training courses on sedge weaving for labourers in Dong Thanh commune. The job helps them earn additional income after working in the rice field. Most of people in Dong Thanh are ethnic Khmer and live on growing rice and have a low income. Thach Thi Tham, one of the women who participated in a training course in Dong Thanh, said: "After learning the skills, we can earn an additional income of one million VND (42.5 USD) a month from making sedge weaving products." Son Thi Say Ha, a teacher at the centre, said the craft of sedge weaving does not require high techniques and high education, and people can use their leisure time to do sedge weaving products. “The centre has cooperated with establishments that produce sedge weaving products to … [Read more...] about Vinh Long provides vocational training for rural labourers

HCM City residents will be taken by car to the designated pick-up locations arranged by district authorities and handed over to their family while those from the Mekong Delta will be taken to four pick-up locations in Long An, Tiền Giang and Vĩnh Long provinces and Cần Thơ City from where they will be taken home by authorities from their province. … [Read more...] about Three more positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, totaling 207