The Mekong Delta region has previously endured two severe seasonal droughts caused by El Niño in 2015-2016 and 2019-2020.

After the deployment of the highway projects in the Mekong Delta, local residents have been eagerly longing for the completion of Rach Mieu No.2 and Dai Ngai bridges. However, both of these projects are currently encountering several challenges.

Streamlining FDI approval process is a crucial step in driving the development of the Mekong Delta, a vital economic region in southern Vietnam with untapped potential. However, what is impeding FDI inflows into the region?

Cai Be, Sa Dec, and Tan Chau of Vietnam have been listed among the six of the coolest towns found along the Mekong river, as compiled by Australian travel newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính attended a ceremony in An Giang Province where he ordered simultaneously beginning the construction of four components projects of the first phase of the 188km Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang expressway.

According to the Director of the Can Tho Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital, the cause of the blood shortage is difficulties in procurement, purchasing supplies, screening reagents, and blood testing.

At the end of May 2023, the beginning of the rainy season increased land erosion along rivers and canals in the Mekong Delta including the Tien River, Hau River and Ca Mau peninsula.

The term "rock crabs" is not only the name but also a characteristic of a crab species living in this sea

Ten more places in the Mekong Delta have been recognised as typical tourist destinations of the region in 2023.

The Mekong Delta region, located on the maritime route in the centre of the ASEAN region, has great potential to draw strong investment waves from other countries, especially neighbouring nations.

The Mekong Delta region is seeking to improve education quality and infrastructure for students, especially at a high level, to create skilled labour forces.

The Ministry of Transport propose projects to upgrade and improve three national highways, 53, 62 and 91B, in Mekong Delta provinces.

Farmers in Vietnam's southern tip, Ca Mau Province, harvested more than 1.5 million hectares of winter-spring rice crop; thus, the province’s rice output topped over 10 million rice tons.

Anticipating that rice yield and output are nearly hitting the ceiling, Vietnam is preparing for a revolution in rice farming, striving for 1 million hectares of high-quality rice.

The Mekong Delta needs more than VNĐ94.3 trillion (nearly US$4 billion) to improve its road infrastructure in order to boost its inter-provincial connectivity while mitigating the impacts of climate change.

Sixteen projects worth over 94 trillion VND (4 billion USD) are planned to be implemented in the Mekong Delta to help the region respond to climate change.

Landslides in many localities in the Mekong Delta have been increasingly serious in recent years, occuring all year round.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has instructed credit institutions in the Mekong Delta region to promote lending to rice producers and traders to help them have sufficient capital, especially in the winter-spring harvest in 2023.

Building and developing trademarks and obtaining certificates of origin are considered effective ways to create added value for products, thus expanding markets for specialties of the Mekong Delta.

As climate change, upstream hydropower dams and intensive agriculture threaten traditional farming and fisheries in the Mekong Delta, women like Nga are struggling to find stable alternative livelihoods.