A map shows the expressways in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region. Graphic: N.KH. Since the start of 2024, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has conducted five on-site supervisions into key traffic ...

Many areas in the Mekong Delta region are at high risk of flooding due to tidal surges combined with heavy rainfall in the first half of November this year, according to the Vietnam National Mekong ...

As Vietnam's agricultural heartland, the Mekong Delta contributes over 95% of the country's rice exports, 60% of exported aquatic products, and 70% of fruit production. Spanning over 40,000 square ...

Unbalanced by abundance, a tractor in the Mekong Delta threatens to dump its load of rice. The warm, humid delta, fertilized by river sediment, has allowed Vietnam to become a major rice exporter.

Vietnam’s coconut industry has recently emerged as a key economic driver for the Mekong Delta and south-central coastal regions thanks to the signing of agreements paving the way for the product to ...

The Mekong Delta is among the world's five most vulnerable deltas due to challenges such as climate change, sediment loss from upstream hydropower dams, freshwater scarcity, land subsidence, and ...