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The Cái Lớn sluice is being built in Kiên Giang Province.  VNA/VNS Photo Lê Sen HCM CITY — Saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will continue to increase in March and April, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting. The peak of saltwater intrusion will occur during high tide on March 12 -16, March 27 – April 1, April 9 – 14 and April 24 – 30. The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, is facing a higher than normal level of saltwater intrusion from the sea through river mouths in the ongoing dry season. However, it is not as severe as the level of the previous dry season. The delta’s provinces have dredged irrigation canals to store more water and upgraded and built dams and sluices to prevent saltwater intrusion and store fresh water. Nguyễn Thiện Pháp, head of the Tiền Giang Province’s Irrigation Sub-department, said the province has built eight dams to store fresh water for agricultural production and supply daily use water for 800,000 households. Farmers in Tiền Giang, the country’s largest fruit producer, have stored irrigation water in their orchard ditches for fruit and other crops. In Cà Mau Province, farmers have stored fresh water in containers and have switched to growing drought – resistant crops. The delta sowed the ongoing winter-spring rice one month earlier than normal to avoid a shortage of irrigation water at the end of the crop. Farmers are now harvesting the winter-spring rice and have had a bumper harvest. The harvest of the winter-spring rice is expected to be completed in May. Largest irrigation system Kiên Giang Province is speeding up the phase one construction of the Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation system to serve agricultural production and local households. The irrigation system, which is the largest of its kind in the delta, connects the Cái Lớn River and the Cái Bé River and is expected to improve agriculture and aquaculture and …

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Digital transformation is an indispensable way for businesses to grow Pandemic boosts digital progress The past year was a difficult and challenging one for the Vietnamese business community. The global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted supply and reduced demand, heavily undermining the Vietnamese economy dependent on export markets and major trade and investment partners. With strenuous efforts in pandemic control and economic growth restoration by the government, ministries, sectors and businesses, Vietnam’s GDP grew almost three percent in 2020, making it one of the few countries in the world to record net positive GDP growth. Phan Xuan Dung, Chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment, said that despite the impressive GDP achievement compared to other countries, Vietnamese businesses need to double or triple their efforts, cooperation and connectivity if they are to recover and develop. World Bank Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam Dr. Jacques Morisset said Vietnam was likely to achieve a high growth rate thanks to its success in pandemic control, and while global trade declined seriously in 2020, Vietnam endeavored to export more than the rest of the world did. In the past, Vietnam was inefficient in digital transformation, but since the pandemic, two-thirds of companies in Vietnam have shifted to digital platforms, he said. Expressing his optimistic outlook for Vietnam’s economy, Morisset said that although the world economy is still unpredictable, Vietnam’s economy will certainly accelerate strongly, possibly growing more than six percent in 2021. Vu Tien Loc, Chair of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said Vietnam still has huge room for development, making the six-percent growth target for 2021 feasible. The processing and manufacturing industries achieved high growth in 2020 Easing business environment problems According to Loc, Vietnam …

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Linh Thị Hồng in her class. — Photo nhandan.com.vn VĨNH PHÚC — Linh Thị Hồng is admired by her teachers and peers alike at Ngọc Thanh C Elementary School in Vĩnh Phúc Province for her dedication to her studies and boundless optimism. Despite being born prematurely with a weight of 1.5kg and without arms, Hồng has thrived thanks to her spirit and the hard work and tears of her parents Linh Văn Ba and Dương Thị Vui, who are Sán Dìu ethnic people living Lập Định Village, Ngọc Thanh Commune of Phúc Yên City. Her weak body made Hồng suffer a lot early in life and she spent more time in the hospital than at home. Hồng's health has been relatively stable since 2015, after four colonoscopy-related surgeries. Without hands, Hồng uses her legs for all daily activities. Due to her disability, her parents and neighbours thought that Hồng would be unable to go to school but with the help of her family and teachers, the girl overcame adversity and lives life with her feet. “Born in a family of three siblings, Hồng was born with a birth defect without arms up to her elbow,” said Ba, Hồng's father. “In my family, there was no one with any deformity. Hồng was our first daughter,” Ba recalled. “We were so sad but we told ourselves that we would take care of and raise her anyway,” the father said. “We gradually felt reassured and relieved when we watched our daughter grow up day by day,” he added. Two years later, Hồng had two brothers. Despite not having hands, Hồng always had optimism and learnt to do everything with her feet. “She can do everything with her feet very nicely such as drawing, writing and sewing,” her father said. When Hồng’s brother started to go to school, she taught herself using his textbooks. Seeing her friends in the neighbourhood going to school, the little girl yearned to go with them to class. “Seeing that the children around the neighbourhood all went to kindergarten, my girl also asked to go. …

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