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Experts said that the global rice supply declines due to the impacts of climate change, the price of rice will benefit farmers in the Mekong Delta. Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, a farmer in Long My District in Hau Giang Province, said that he had just finished harvesting rice then sold fresh paddy to traders for VND5,000 per kilogram at the field. He was so happy as this price was VND300 per kilogram higher than that at the beginning of the rice crop. His one-hectare rice field got productivity of nearly 7 tons per hectare. Mr. Tuan is one of the thousands of farmers in Long My District who have just harvested around 500 hectares of winter-spring rice. The farmers like Mr. Tuan was happy when the local authority mobilized nearly 100 combine harvesters to help farmers to simultaneously harvest their rice. The rental of a combine harvester fluctuated from VND260,000-VND300,000 per 1,000 square meters, depending on the condition of paddy, standing or falling, lower than the cost for manual … [Read more...] about Farmers in Mekong Delta provinces enjoy bumper winter-spring rice crop

The Bat (Doi) Pagoda, also known as Ma Toc or Mahatup, is located about 3 km southeast of downtown Soc Trang Town in Ward 3. The pagoda is a place of worship for devout Buddhists, most particularly from the Khmer community. It is also a social space for the community where traditional festivals are held. … [Read more...] about A Khmer tribute to the Buddha in the Mekong Delta

Hanoi (VNA) – The inflow of foreign investment into Vietnam experienced a year-on-year drop of 23.6 percent in the first two months of the year to 6.47 billion USD, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Foreign Trade Agency. Disbursement of foreign capital declined 5 percent to 2.45 billion USD in the period. As many as 500 new projects received investment licenses, with total registered capital of 5 billion USD, doubling the amount recorded the same time last year. Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd Co was the largest investor with its liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG) power plant valued at 4 billion USD in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu. There were 151 projects registering to adjust their capital. Total additional capital fell nearly 25 percent to 638.1 million USD. Capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors fell substantially by 84 percent to 827.3 million USD. From January-February, most foreign … [Read more...] about Foreign investment falls 23.6 percent in first two months

The bridge requires an estimated VND5 trillion (US$215,369,908), sourced from the State budget, said Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Nhat. It connects the My Thuan – Can Tho and Trung Luong-My Thuan expressways to form a good traffic system to help push up logistics in the Mekong Delta region and reduce pressure on existing My Thuan Bridge and the National Highway 1A. … [Read more...] about Work on My Thuan 2 Bridge gets started today

“Enabling our vans to run on fuel made from waste, including used cooking oil, may sound far-fetched but using HVO is, in fact, a very real way in which Transit drivers and fleet operators will soon be able to help everyone enjoy improved air quality,” said Hans Schep, general manager for Commercial Vehicles for Ford in Europe. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES FEB. 27