Polish tourists join Vietnam’s Mekong Delta communities for hands-on Lunar New Year experience
Travel 19:38 07/02/2026More than 70 tourists from Poland joined local residents in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in early February to experience traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) customs, as travel firms expand culture-focused tours for inbound visitors.
Horticulture gains ground in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, fragmented production limits exports: Dutch embassy
In-Depth 17:13 23/01/2026While rice remains the backbone of agriculture in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the region is gradually diversifying toward horticultural crops, driven by their higher economic value and greater resilience to climate change.
An Giang, home to Phu Quoc Island, aims to become tourism hub linking borders, sea, Mekong Delta
Travel 17:32 17/01/2026An Giang Province in southern Vietnam is gradually upgrading infrastructure to position itself as an integrated tourism hub linking border areas, coastal destinations, and the Mekong Delta, with an eye on the global market.
Official calls for day-and-night operation of Cai Rang Floating Market in Vietnam’s Can Tho
Travel 16:19 16/01/2026Vice-chairperson of the Can Tho City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep has suggested developing the famous Cai Rang Floating Market in Vietnam’s Mekong Dela region for day-and-night operations, instead of limiting its activities to the morning as it has long been the case.
In southern Vietnam, flower festival draws nearly 1.2 million visitors in nine days
Travel 14:58 05/01/2026The second Sa Dec Flower and Ornamental Plants Festival in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam attracted more than 1.17 million visitors over nine days, including around 1,700 international visitors, according to local authorities.
Mekong Delta by bicycle: Discover the real road less traveled in Vietnam
Expat Life 10:23 02/01/2026Most tourists who visit Vietnam seem to bypass the Mekong region in southern Vietnam because of its lack of major attractions. For the more adventurous traveler, it has long been considered the true ‘road less traveled.’
Miss Charm 2025 contestants embrace rural life in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam Life 12:56 03/12/2025Thirty-nine contestants from the Miss Charm 2025 pageant traded glamorous gowns for the simplicity of ‘ao ba ba,’ a traditional garment of the southern region, and ‘khan ran’ (striped scarf) as they transformed into Mekong Delta farm girls during a recent cultural experience trip to Can Tho City in southern Vietnam.
Tourists try new flood-season experiences in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Travel 15:43 23/11/2025Flood levels in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have risen by nearly a meter from last year, prompting locals to supplement their fishing income by taking tourists on boat trips across the inundated fields in a practice known as ‘living with floods.’
Vietnamese, Dutch experts discuss Mekong Delta’s sustainable aquaculture future
In-Depth 14:20 13/11/2025Representatives from the Vietnamese and Dutch public and private sectors gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday to discuss the future of sustainable aquaculture in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
Australia backs Vietnam’s climate innovators in Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 19:43 23/10/2025Over 100 of Vietnam’s climate innovators, government leaders, and impact investors gathered at Sheraton Can Tho Hotel in Can Tho City on Wednesday for an event hosted by the Australian government on climate adaptation and innovation, in a bid to contribute to building a more climate-resilient Mekong Delta, according to the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam has allocated $22.8bn to Mekong Delta expressways over past 4 years
Vietnam News 11:15 20/10/2025Nearly VND600 trillion (US$22.8 billion) has been allocated to the expressway system in the Mekong Delta region over the past four years, the highest investment among all six regions in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced during a conference on expressway development held in Can Tho City on Sunday.
Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho railway expected to be century-defining project of southern Vietnam
In-Depth 13:28 12/10/2025When it comes to the Mekong Delta's dream of transformation, people often think of bridges stretching across rivers or expressways reaching out to the sea. But if one project truly has the potential to reshape the region’s development, it is the Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho railway.
