Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mekong Delta (VCCI Cần Thơ)nbsp;Nguyễn Phương Lam and Netherlands Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman have signed an Action Programme of the Việt Nam-Netherlands Business Platform for the Mekong River Delta.
Saturday, January 09, 2021 15:44
2020 was difficult for Vietnam and the world as COVID-19 raged on throughout the year. Academic Olympiads were also significantly affected, and were held online in order to continue, challenging both professors and contestants.
Still, the difficulties didn’t stop these Vietnamese students claiming 9 gold medals, 8 silvers, 5 bronzes, and 2 certificates of achievement in Maths, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. They all brought glory to their country.
In order to uphold Vietnam’s academic results in the world arena, the Prime Minister asked the education sector to continue its reform efforts so that Vietnamese people will be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and creativity to unleash their full potential for personal and national growth./.
Over 1 million residents leave Mekong Delta in 10 years Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
16/12/2020 16:19 GMT+7
Some 1.1 million local residents left the Mekong Delta for other parts of the country, chiefly HCMC and other southeastern provinces, between 2009 and 2019,
according to a report jointly released by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management.
Due to the drought and saltwater intrusion, residents in the Mekong Delta have to buy untreated river water for their daily needs. Climate change is one of the reasons that local residents are leaving the Mekong Delta – PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH
VASCO) will supply
over 414,000
extra seats from January 27 to February 26, 2021 to serve
increasing travel demand during the peak season during the Tet (Lunar New Year)
holiday.
This will bring the total seats on flights operated by the Vietnam Airlines
Group during the traditional holiday to 2.4 million, equivalent to nearly
12,000 flights.
The group will increase the frequency of domestic flights between Hanoi and HCM
City/ Da Nang City/ Phu Quoc island/ Nha Trang city/Da Lat city/ Vinh city, and
HCM City and Da Nang City/Thanh Hoa/ Vinh city/ Hue city/ Quang Nam province/
Quy Nhon province/ Buon Ma Thuot city/Nha Trang city/ Phu Quoc island/ Da Lat city.
Natural disasters cause people to flee Mekong Delta
By Cuu Long December 15, 2020 | 11:52 am GMT+7
A farmer stands in a paddy field hit by drought in the Mekong Delta s province of Ben Tre, April 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Nam.
The fear of natural disasters has caused more than 1.3 million people living in the Mekong Delta to migrate to HCMC and elsewhere.
The figure was published on Monday in the first annual Mekong Delta Economic Report coordinated by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and managed by Fulbright University Vietnam.
The number is alarming considering the number of emigrants in the past decade was larger than the population of some provinces in the delta.