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Thanh Nien Daily
November 30, 2008
The
Vietnam Maritime Administration plans to dig a nine-kilometer canal and dredge an existing one to link Can Tho in the
Mekong Delta with the
sea to boost ...
TravelBite.co.uk
November 30, 2008
But just 12 bucks got me a seat on a
Mekong Express bus that trundled out of Phnom Penh, through
agent orange-scarred hills and into my very first Communist ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 29, 2008
Ly Tu Trong Street in the
Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is the best place in
Vietnam to get vit nau chao - duck and soybean paste soup. ...
VietNamNet Bridge
November 29, 2008
Curious about the forest and alluvial
sea of the
Mekong Delta, we took a trip to Cu Lao Dung, or Dung Isle, a must-see destination for those who want to ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 29, 2008
It'sa familiar story - two prosperous families in the
Mekong Delta have arranged a marriage between their
children but the daughter would rather marry a man ...
Inquirer.net
November 29, 2008
In Davao City, an official of Vitarich Corp. urged
fishermen to consider growing the
Mekong catfish, which has become so popular abroad that it is now a ...
VietNamNet Bridge
November 27, 2008
VietnamNet Bridge - While Cuu Long River Delta, a rice granary in Vietnam that produces over 90% of the total rice exports, is hoping for $200 million to ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 27, 2008
A Mekong Delta town serves up its famous fighting roosters in a tasty tabletop hot pot. Dong Thap, like all Mekong Delta provinces, is known for its lush ...
Phnom Penh Post
November 27, 2008
Worse yet, the Mekong River Commission, which ostensibly would have a role in protecting the river's environment, is too weak to demand ecological ...
VietNamNet Bridge
November 27, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge - Unable to find buyers for their harvest, Mekong Delta rice farmers are storing huge amounts of rice in their homes, at the same time as ...
TravelBite.co.uk
November 27, 2008
From Chiang Mai I decided to take a mini bus trip to the border crossing on the
Mekong River. Probably the best known landmark in
Laos, the river forms much ...
eTaiwan News
November 26, 2008
Deemed a World Heritage site in 1995, the city of about 100000 in northern
Laos is in a fortunate location, hugged by two rivers - the
Mekong and the Nam ...
Viet Nam News
November 26, 2008
The Cuu Long (
Mekong) River Delta's export of tra
fish in 2007 brought in nearly US$1 billion. Export
markets have been expanded to
Russia,
Ukraine, ...
Viet Nam News
November 26, 2008
More than 33000 hectares of rice fields in the Mekong Delta region have been infested by the brown planthopper, a devastating rice pest. ...
Bernama
November 25, 2008
Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Wednesday that Doan said this at a meeting between three
Mekong rice exporters - Vietnam,
Laos and
Cambodia - and 14 ...
Blabbermouth.net
November 25, 2008
The MetalList has uploaded quality photos of
Mekong DELTA's November 22, 2008 concert at club Tochka in
Moscow,
Russia (where the band was supporting DIE ...
Alternative Airlines
November 24, 2008
Two other private
airlines Vietjet and
Mekong Air have announced plans for domestic
Vietnam flights but have mot confirmed launch dates. ...
China Daily
November 24, 2008
The report focuses on two provinces: the southern low-lying province of Ben Tre, in the
Mekong Delta of
Vietnam, and the coastal northern province of Quang ...
Times of India
November 23, 2008
The hydropolitics in the
Mekong river basin, for example, can only get sharper as
China, ignoring the concerns of downstream states, completes more upstream ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 23, 2008
Vietjet Air and
Mekong Air, the country's only other two private aviation
companies, have yet to launch commercial flights. Three other carriers provide ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 23, 2008
The deputy police chief in a Mekong Delta commune was removed from his post and stripped of Communist Party membership for having his fourth child recently. ...
Viet Nam News
November 23, 2008
Mekong DELTA - The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is facing serious environmental threats, as an increasing number of industrial zones (IZs) is leading to ...
Providence Journal
November 22, 2008
On June 20, 1967, he almost died in the
Mekong Delta. A
grenade blast lifted him off the ground. A leg and a hand were gone. "My brother, BT Collins, ...
YubaNet
November 22, 2008
PHNOM PENH, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) -
arsenic contamination of the
Mekong River and groundwater is putting millions of residents at risk of severe illness ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 21, 2008
They would attend a meeting organized by the VCCI with traders from Mekong Delta provinces to set up an export framework, the official, who wanted to remain ...
Moscow News
November 21, 2008
The two nations will open an institute in Can Tho, the largest city in
Vietnam's
Mekong Delta, a densely populated, low-lying region with an extensive ...
Inter Press Service
November 21, 2008
By Tran Dinh Thanh Lam CAN THO, Nov 21 (IPS) - While arguments against the development of hydropower
dams on the
Mekong River and its tributaries have from ...
VietNamNet Bridge
November 20, 2008
They selected HCMC and Mekong Delta since this region has lots of things to see and learn in service of the targets aimed for, Danz explains. ...
Reuters AlertNet
November 20, 2008
 The report focuses on two provinces: Ben Tre in the south's low-lying Mekong Delta and the coastal Quang Tri further north, which is traditionally the ...
Thanh Nien Daily
November 20, 2008
The Mekong Delta has many floating villages on the Chau Doc and Tien rivers. Passing An Giang Province's Chau Doc Town and the My Thuan Bridge, tourists see ...
Viet Nam News
November 20, 2008
It is hoped the conference will help the city become the economic hub of the Mekong Delta. The city announced 29 projects worth nearly VND56.1 trillion ...
Viet Nam News
November 20, 2008
Participants at the regional conference, held by the Mekong River Commission, looked at methods to improve the environment in their own countries. ...
AsiaOne
November 20, 2008
For example, Thai initiatives such as the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Strategy Cooperation and the Greater Mekong Sub-region Cooperation have been ...
VietNamNet Bridge
November 19, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge - Museum experts from Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta countries have gathered in Ha Noi to bolster co-operation and discuss their role in urban ...
Phnom Penh Post
November 19, 2008
Phnom Penh based band the
Mekong pirates will open the event. The band's unique instrumentation includes a trumpet, soubassophone, banjo, snare and bass ...
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
November 19, 2008
We touch the capital Phnom Penh in the afternoon to change pilots and enter the Upper Mekong bound for Kampong Cham and stop for an afternoon walk at a ...
Bernama
November 19, 2008
Approximately 150 types of freshwater
fish, making up 33 percent of the total freshwater fish species found in the
Mekong Delta. Launched in April 2008, ...
Alibaba News Channel
November 18, 2008
Farmers have started planting the winter-spring rice crop in the Mekong Delta rice basket and the harvest is expected from late February or early March at ...
Straits Times
November 18, 2008
... and sunk more than 100 unmanned
boats in southern
Vietnam, but spared Ho Chi Minh City and the
Mekong delta rice bowl, the government said on Tuesday. ...
Phnom Penh Post
November 18, 2008
The report argues that the 600mw Sekong 4 dam, planned for the Sekong River, a key Mekong tributary (see map), could lead to "declines in aquatic resources ...
