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VietNamNet Bridge - There are 562 landslide spots in Mekong Delta with total length of over 786 kilometers, according to the General Department of Disaster Prevention and Control.

On August 24, a new ‘Businessmen’s Café’ opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Such special cafes have opened in many cities and provinces throughout the country, acting as a rendezvous point for local authorities and businesspeople.

Located in the wetlands of the Plain of Reeds in the Cuu Long Delta province of Dong Thap, Tram Chim National Park is known for its spectacular diversity of bird species, attracting bird-watchers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the southern province of Dong Thap have arrested a woman in connection with a human trafficking crime.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of the Dong Thap has approved a VND664 billion ($29.4 million) subproject to improve the drainage capacity and develop sustainable livelihoods for the Dong Thap Muoi wetland.  

VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta, the rice, seafood and fruit granary of the country, is facing landslides and sinking, as it no longer receives enough silt because of limited floodwaters.

 Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve and Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Dong Thap.

VietNamNet Bridge – Alarmed at the increasing number of drowning incidents in the Mekong Delta, primary teachers in Dong Thap Province’s Thap Muoi District began teaching hundreds of students how to swim in 2008.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors at Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta will be amazed at the immense plains, blooming lotus ponds, the flower village of Sa Dec and the Lai Vung pink mandarin gardens.

Dong Thap have paid more than VND5 billion (US$222,000) to recruit striker Udo Fortune for one year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Thap is famous for its lotus fields. The motto of the province is ‘Dong Thap, as pure as the soul of the lotus’. The noble beauty of lotus, the sacred flower of Buddhism, impresses the many tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a breathtaking natural landscape rich in cultural and historical treasures, Dong Thap province is set to become a tourism hot-spot.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Thap Province, around 170 kilometers from HCMC, lies by the Tien River in the Mekong Delta and has various attractive destinations for tourists such as Tram Chim National Park, Gao Giong Eco-Tourism Park,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap currently has nine forest areas with an extremely high risk of fire, a local official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past few years, some veterinary experts, forest rangers and volunteers in Viet Nam have been rescuing and caring for birds, particularly endangered species, at a national wildlife reserve.

 The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is calling for an investment of VND3.7 trillion ($176 million) for climate change response projects between 2015 and 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 287-year-old carambola tree and a 326-year-old Sop (Ficus pisocarpa Blume) tree in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have been recognised as national heritage trees.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran cyclist Nguyen Thuy Dung won another gold medal at the ongoing National Sports Games' cycling tournament in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on Wednesday, Nov 12.