Rice farmers in Mekong Delta rejoiced as the ongoing winter-spring crops yielded big gains, while domestic agricultural authorities work towards a near future where Vietnamese rice dominates markets worldwide.
The National Center for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting yesterday said that saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta tends to gradually increase during March 1-10, notably the peak period for saline intrusion may occur between March 1 and March 3.
Since the beginning of 2021, many construction projects for traffic facilities in the South of Vietnam have been kicked off to partially address transport issues in the region for a more sustainable economic growth. In an interview with SGGP Newspaper, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The briefed the focus of these critical projects.
Amid new coronavirus wave in the country with rising new community transmission infection cases, Viet kieu - overseas Vietnamese people - were returning to Vietnam to reunite with their relatives in Tet holiday ( the Lunar New Year) through border gates in the Mekong Delta region. Therefore, Mekong Delta authorities tightened control over illegal immigrants for the sake of all people in the country’s special holiday.
The National Center for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting said that climate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Southern region is forecast to become milder with showers, sunshine and average temperatures between 30 degrees Celsius and 33 degrees Celsius in daytime within the next ten days.
Investment capital for national inland waterways only accounts for 2% -3% of the annual budget for transportation, leading to major imbalances between road and waterway transport, especially in the Mekong Delta, data from the Ministry of Transport pointed out.
In recent days, farmers in the Mekong Delta have been flexibly sowing the winter-spring rice crop early to avoid drought and saltwater intrusion at the end of the rice crop. Not only using high-quality rice varieties, but the percentage of farmers using certified rice varieties has also increased rapidly. These are important turning points in improving the quality of rice to enhance the value of Vietnamese rice in the international market.
At the end of the year, the weather in the South has started getting cold. This is also the time when the water in the fields downstream began to recede. Many farmers along the National Highway 61C, which connects Hau Giang and Can Tho provinces, are rushing to plow the soil to sow the winter-spring rice crop.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan led a delegation yesterday attended the opening ceremony of Son Ca Preschool, Cai Ro- Hop Tac bridge and gave gifts to students of the Primary-High School Thanh Hung in the Mekong Delta Province of Ca Mau.
