The Mekong Delta is undergoing a historic turning point following the reorganisation, streamlining, and restructuring of its development space. In this context, developing a high-quality workforce is not only an urgent priority but also a fundamental pillar determining the future development of the entire region.

The annual flood season in the Mekong Delta not only brings abundant aquatic resources but also helps store water, deposit sediment and improve soil quality. By understanding and adapting to the natural flow of floodwaters, many localities are adopting flexible approaches that create new livelihoods for residents.

Climate change, alongside new global market requirements for greenhouse gas emission reduction, green production, and sustainable development, is establishing a new set of mandatory standards. As a result, agriculture in the Mekong Delta must undergo a fundamental shift in its production philosophy, with a sharper focus on quality, efficiency, and adaptability.

For the Mekong Delta to achieve strong economic growth, strengthening regional connectivity has transcended mere policy direction to become an urgent necessity.

In the fertile Mekong Delta, an 80-year-old farmer in Vinh Long has voluntarily given up the substantial economic benefits from his fruit orchard to persistently shelter thousands of wild birds that have come to live there.

In early May 2026, farmers in Hung My Commune, Vinh Long Province, were harvesting the remaining plots of the winter-spring rice crop.

In the Mekong Delta, where livelihoods are closely tied to land, unlocking rural potential as a space for business is seen as key to fostering private sector development and improving farmers’ incomes.

Dong Thap province is striving to become a representative economic hub for the rice sector in the Mekong Delta region, playing a core role in linking and spreading the model of ecological, circular and low-emission rice production.

In the days approaching the Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo of the Horse, I had the opportunity to accompany the E-917 helicopter squadron on a flight over the southern land. From an altitude of 1,500 m, at a speed of 200 km per hour, the land of the Mekong Delta appears like a gigantic masterpiece. The space here seems more vibrant, the colors fresher, and people’s hearts more overflowing.

The Resolution of the 1st Congress of the Can Tho City Party Committee for the 2025–2030 term sets out the objective for Can Tho to strive to become a national growth pole and a driving force for development, expanding and leading the entire Mekong Delta.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Ha Noi on December 29, with a focus on ensuring security and public order to support socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta region.

On the morning of December 29, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on ensuring public security and social order to serve socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta.

On the afternoon of December 17, the World Bank held a conference in Can Tho City to launch its report entitled “Stay or migrate: life in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta.”

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 5 called for mechanisms and policies to diversify funding sources, especially through public–private partnerships, to tackle land subsidence, landslides, flooding, drought, and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta, noting that these efforts demand significant resources.

The coconut tree in Viet Nam is known as a climate-resilient crop, but it faces many challenges in development. Strategy to restructure Viet Nam’s coconut industry towards an ecological, circular, and low-emission model is considered an optimal solution to build the “Green and safe Vietnamese coconut” brand.

Provinces across the Mekong Delta are intensifying coordinated measures to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as part of nationwide efforts to have the European Commission (EC)'s “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood lifted.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in collaboration with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, held a conference on promoting investment in high-quality, low-emission, green rice production in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta in Tokyo on October 21.

Since the merger, the new Ca Mau Province has become one of the localities with large areas of shrimp farming and rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta. Notably, many of the farming households in former Bac Lieu Province have demonstrated their dynamism and creativity through the “fragrant rice–clean shrimp” model, enriching from the land and water of their hometown.

Together with linh fish, basa fish is a natural speciality bestowed on Dong Thap, the headwater province of rivers and waters, during the flood season. The further downstream towards other provinces, the scarcer basa fish becomes.

The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations, the US Mission to Viet Nam, and the Can Tho People’s Committee jointly held the Viet Nam–US Friendship Festival in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 13.