PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) at the Conference on Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development of the Mekong Delta (Source: VNACan Tho (VNA) – The Government aims to develop the Mekong Delta sustainably andprosperously, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.
While chairing aplenary session of the Conference on Sustainable and Climate-ResilientDevelopment of the Mekong Delta in Can Tho city on September 27, PM Phuc said theGovernment is committed to creating an optimal mechanism, mobilising theparticipation of people, businesses and international organisations, andmaterialising actions, initiatives, tasks and solutions raised at theconference to turn challenges into opportunities and develop the regionsustainably.
He underscored the need to devise new policies on regional development, alongwith identifying the delta’s major challenges posed by both climate change and otherfactors.
Apart from transforming the development model, the delta needs to roll outsolutions as well as priority programmes and projects in the future, the PMsaid.
He highlighted the engagement of the private sector and international partners,calling for stronger cooperation in the Mekong Sub-region in the process,which, he said, should be integrated with implementing the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
It is necessary to take advantage of the digital and fourth industrialrevolutions to transform the development model of the Mekong Delta, PM Phucsaid.
Recalling his visit to the Netherlands in July 2017 and his field trip to theMekong Delta on September 26, the leader stressed the importance of climatechange response planning.
Encompassing one city and 12 provinces with a total area of 3.94 million ha anda population of 17.5 million, the Mekong Delta plays an important role inVietnam’s economy.
As one of the deltas with the largest agricultural output in Southeast Asia andthe largest agricultural production area in Vietnam, it contributes 54 percentof the country’s rice output, 70 percent of aquaculture yield and 36.5 percentof fruit. Up to 90 percent of rice and 65 percent of Vietnam’s seafood exportscome from the delta.
However, the Mekong Delta is one of the four deltas worldwide most affected byclimate change and sea level rise.
Given this, the Government held the conference to set forth a vision forsustainable and prosperous development of the Mekong Delta in connection withthe country’s key economic regions and the Greater Mekong Sub-region.-VNA
While chairing aplenary session of the Conference on Sustainable and Climate-ResilientDevelopment of the Mekong Delta in Can Tho city on September 27, PM Phuc said theGovernment is committed to creating an optimal mechanism, mobilising theparticipation of people, businesses and international organisations, andmaterialising actions, initiatives, tasks and solutions raised at theconference to turn challenges into opportunities and develop the regionsustainably.
He underscored the need to devise new policies on regional development, alongwith identifying the delta’s major challenges posed by both climate change and otherfactors.
Apart from transforming the development model, the delta needs to roll outsolutions as well as priority programmes and projects in the future, the PMsaid.
He highlighted the engagement of the private sector and international partners,calling for stronger cooperation in the Mekong Sub-region in the process,which, he said, should be integrated with implementing the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
It is necessary to take advantage of the digital and fourth industrialrevolutions to transform the development model of the Mekong Delta, PM Phucsaid.
Recalling his visit to the Netherlands in July 2017 and his field trip to theMekong Delta on September 26, the leader stressed the importance of climatechange response planning.
Encompassing one city and 12 provinces with a total area of 3.94 million ha anda population of 17.5 million, the Mekong Delta plays an important role inVietnam’s economy.
As one of the deltas with the largest agricultural output in Southeast Asia andthe largest agricultural production area in Vietnam, it contributes 54 percentof the country’s rice output, 70 percent of aquaculture yield and 36.5 percentof fruit. Up to 90 percent of rice and 65 percent of Vietnam’s seafood exportscome from the delta.
However, the Mekong Delta is one of the four deltas worldwide most affected byclimate change and sea level rise.
Given this, the Government held the conference to set forth a vision forsustainable and prosperous development of the Mekong Delta in connection withthe country’s key economic regions and the Greater Mekong Sub-region.-VNA
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