Ang Pagoda (known in Khmer as Angkorajaborey) has stood on the outskirts of Tra Vinh city, Tra Vinh province, since the year 990. It is one of the most prominent ancient Khmer pagodas in Vietnam. After several renovations, the pagoda now features classic architecture with artistic works rich in the spiritual and cultural identity of the southern Khmer people. In 1994, it was officially recognized as a national cultural and historical relic.
Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, and Vinh Long have strategic locations, serving as gateways to the Mekong River's lower reaches. These provinces play a crucial role in marine economy, high-tech agriculture, renewable energy, culture, and tourism, and are home to the largest Khmer ethnic community in Vietnam.
The Tra Vinh provincial People’s Committee has given the green light to the investment policy for five wind power projects, for an investment total of over 13.8 trillion VND.
The Con Chim (bird islet) community-based tourism site in Chau Thanh district, the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has won the ASEAN Community-based Tourism Award (CBT-ASEAN) 2023 at a ceremony held in Malaysia, according to the provincial department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
As the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival is approaching, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to armed forces, families of revolutionary contributors, poor and near-poor households, ethnic minorities, and workers in difficult circumstances in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on January 11.
A delegation from the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, led by Consul General Wei Huaxiang, and 30 Chinese coconut companies made a field trip to raw material zones in Cau Ke district, the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, on December 20.
The cultivation of seedless lime for export in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has proven highly effective, with close linkage between farmers, cooperatives, and businesses. Each hectare of lime now yields over 15,700 USD annually in profit, 7-8 times higher than earnings from rice farming.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has nine coconut growing areas with a total area of over 1,240 hectares and two packaging facilities that have qualified to export fresh coconuts to China, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A conference was held in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on October 10, bringing together scientists, experts, and representatives of government agencies and aquaculture cooperatives to collect opinions for the deployment of Dutch-funded sustainable aquaculture development projects in Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is hosting a festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its special waxed coconut fruit in Cau Ke district from August 25.
Every summer, it has become customary for most Khmer Theravada Buddhist temples in Trà Vinh to organize Khmer language classes. These classes attract a large number of local Khmer students, offering them not only a chance to preserve their language, but also to engage in meaningful activities during their school break.
President To Lam on July 6 offered incense at the temple dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh in Long Duc commune, Tra Vinh city in the Mekong Delta province of same name.
President To Lam requested Tra Vinh focus on important infrastructure projects, climate change response, and poverty alleviation while visiting this Mekong Delta province on July 5.
Through concerted efforts to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the coastal Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has so far seen no instances of local vessels and fishermen violating foreign waters, according to Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Le Van Han.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has taken a lot of concerted measures to raise fishermen’s awareness of regulations related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and control.
Representatives from the Ministry of Public Security on April 12 handed over funding to the southern province of Tra Vinh to build 1,290 houses for local poor and near-poor families.
Eighteen cooperatives with 70 households engaging in cow breeding and 14 households specialising in beekeeping in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have benefited from a livelihood support project financed by Samaritan’s Purse International Relief (SPIR) – a US non-profit organisation (NGO).
The southern province of Tra Vinh has approved an investment worth 576 billion VND (23.26 million USD) to develop a petroleum storage terminal project by the Tra Vinh Petrochemical and Energy Joint Stock Company.
