The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Region needs to be more innovative in production to grow sustainably in the context of climate change and environmental and integration challenges, experts have said.
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Region is a highly promising economic area and proves to be quite attractive to Japanese investors, according to Umeda Kunio, the Japanese ambassador to Viet Nam.
Profitable shrimp farming produced a rapid transformation in the quality
of life for people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, but the
unplanned expansion in production has also had negative effects on the
environment and domestic shrimp trade.
Non-professional services, poor tours and weak co-operation among
provinces are the main reasons that tourism has not developed well in
the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) region, heard a conference organised on
Wednesday in Can Tho Province.
Leaders of HCM City and the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region called for
further co-operation between their businesses at the Cuu Long (Mekong)
Delta Economic Co-operation Forum held yesterday in Vinh Long Province.