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Sun. November 30, 2008

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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 - 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 ...
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 ...
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 - 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
More than 33000 hectares of rice fields in the Mekong Delta region have been infested by the brown planthopper, a devastating rice pest. ...
Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Wednesday that Doan said this at a meeting between three Mekong rice exporters - Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - and 14 ...
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 ...
Two other private airlines Vietjet and Mekong Air have announced plans for domestic Vietnam flights but have mot confirmed launch dates. ...
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 ...
The hydropolitics in the Mekong river basin, for example, can only get sharper as China, ignoring the concerns of downstream states, completes more upstream ...
Vietjet Air and Mekong Air, the country's only other two private aviation companies, have yet to launch commercial flights. Three other carriers provide ...
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. ...
Mekong DELTA - The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is facing serious environmental threats, as an increasing number of industrial zones (IZs) is leading to ...
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, ...
PHNOM PENH, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) - arsenic contamination of the Mekong River and groundwater is putting millions of residents at risk of severe illness ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Participants at the regional conference, held by the Mekong River Commission, looked at methods to improve the environment in their own countries. ...
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 - 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 based band the Mekong pirates will open the event. The band's unique instrumentation includes a trumpet, soubassophone, banjo, snare and bass ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
... 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. ...
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 ...

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