A delegation from Vietnam's Mekong Delta province of Long An and German enterprises gathered at a roundtable in the city of Cologne on November 18 to explore new horizons in trade and investment.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Long An Nguyen Van Ut has expressed determination to develop ties with agencies, organisations and businesses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) following his working trip to the Northeastern Asian country from April 22-26.

Long An (VNA) – With a commitment to placing people and businesses at the centre to improve service quality, Tan An city in the Mekong Delta province of Long An is continuing its efforts to build a professional, modern, dynamic and responsible administrative system.

A conference was held in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on July 28 to call for Japanese investment, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties this year.

With India’s recent rice export restrictions, Vietnamese exporters expect to increase shipments and hike prices, industry insiders have said.

A conference was held in Tokyo on September 8 to promote Japanese investment in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

A conference was held in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on August 29 to help boost trade links between local enterprises and partners from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on August 23 held an investment promotion conference and a dialogue with Japanese enterprises.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An now has 77 communes recognised as new-style rural areas, accounting for 46.4 percent of the total.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An hopes to ensure 20,000ha of paddies are farmed using advanced techniques by the end of this year.

The University of Science under the Vietnam National University-HCM City has set up the first greenhouse gas monitoring station in the buffer zone of the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has been allocated 28 billion VND (1.2 million USD) to carry out the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction in 2019, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Chungcheongnam-do will enhance socio-economic collaboration under an agreement inked between leaders of both sides in the Vietnamese locality on April 4.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on February 3 made a Tet visit to the Mekong Delta province of Long An on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival and the 89th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has made significant achievements in preventing and fighting smuggling and trade fraud at border areas.

As many as 2,400 youths participated in the 2018 summer volunteer campaign launched in Tan An city, the Mekong Delta province of Long An on June 2.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to increase its aquatic farming area by 200 hectares to approximately 9,200 hectares and expects to produce 52,550 tonnes of aquatic products this year.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An, which produces about 215,000 tonnes of dragon fruit every year, is aiming to increase its exports of the fruit by using state-of-the-art technology to develop 2,000ha of new growing land in Chau Thanh district.

The summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta province of Long An is estimated to give a record yield of more than 1 million tonnes this year.