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The Mekong Delta is yearning for opportunities - VnExpress International

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Drag the mouse to the right a bit, you will see the National Highway 91 - a backbone road of the Mekong Delta - just a few hundred meters away. Around this highway, you will see countless orchards and vegetable farms. Yet at our location, only an orchard is spotted in the middle of a vast rice field. The orchard is a property of Mr. Chin Hop in Trung Hung Commune of Co Do District. Mr. Chin was one of the first local residents who invested in orchard growing. He made such a decision because of a new road and bridge, which now connects his farmland to the National Highway. For the first time, the traders’ cars could reach his farm. For many years, despite living no more than 100 meters away from the National Highway, people in this village could only transport rice by boat because a canal separated them from the outer world. Rice could travel slowly by boat, but fruits need to be moved quickly – something which was not feasible with muddy roads and boat trips. A small bridge built in 20

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