Agriculture the brightest sector in Mekong Delta


A shrimp farmer uses a plastic basket to move shrimp from one holding pen to another in a pond in the My Xuyen district in southern Vietnam. The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the "rice bowl of Vietnam", is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. - AFP file pic

CAN THO: The agricultural sector has grown but was still not strong enough to revive the region’s economy, according to the second annual Mekong Delta Economic Report 2022, released in Can Tho yesterday.

The launch of the report was held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in Can Tho and the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) with the participation of experts in the fields of economics, policymaking, agriculture, environment, energy, transport and logistics.

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