On November 15, the People's Committee of Dong Thap province coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the opening ceremony of the 2nd Mekong Delta Startup Forum in 2024, with the theme "Green Economy - New Driving Force for Development". In recent years, the government of Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province has focused all resources to promote economic development. With the attention and support of local authorities, many young people have gradually changed their thinking and ways of doing things to develop the economy and become role models, arousing the will to self-reliance of the poor. On the morning of November 15, in the city. Dong Xoai, Binh Phuoc province solemnly organized the 4th Provincial Congress of Ethnic Minorities in 2024 with the theme "Ethnic groups unite, innovate, promote advantages, potentials, self-reliance, integration and sustainable development". Mr. Nguyen Hung, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thuan Bac district, Ninh Thuan province said that the locality is focusing on implementing the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2024 (National Target Program 1719). The district is supported by the central budget to implement Sub-project 2 to develop production according to the value chain of Project 3 on sustainable agricultural and forestry production development, promoting the potential and strengths of regions to produce goods according to the value chain. Ms. Can Thi Ha, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province, said that implementing Project 1 of the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas (National Target Program 1719), the central budget supported over 634 million VND for 215 Raglay households to install clean water systems for daily life, improving the quality of life. On the morning of November 15, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Quang Ninh province coordinated with the People's Committee of Ninh Thuan city. Ha Long organized the launching ceremony of the Month of Action for Gender Equality and Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence in 2024. On November 15, in Go Quao district (Kien Giang), the opening ceremony of the 16th Khmer Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival in Kien Giang province in 2024 took place. On November 15, the People's Committee of Dong Thap province coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the opening ceremony of the 2nd Mekong Delta Startup Forum in 2024, with the theme "Green Economy - New driving force for development". The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on November 14, has the following notable information: The 6th Ooc Om Boc Festival - Ngo Boat Race in Soc Trang, Mekong Delta region. Fascinated by the reed fields in Da Nang. The secret of making paper of the Mong people in Nghe An. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On November 15, the Vietnam Women's Union organized a workshop "Reviewing and identifying solutions to promote gender equality and solve urgent social issues for women and children in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; recommending and proposing content and solutions to mobilize and support ethnic minority women in the next phase". Attending the Conference were representatives of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council, the Ethnic Committee, representatives of leaders of ministries, branches, localities and Women's Unions of provinces implementing Project 8 and pilot models. On the morning of November 15, in Hanoi, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Information and Communications jointly held a press conference to introduce activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024). On November 15, the People's Committee of Da Nang City held the 2nd Conference to honor delegates of ethnic minorities in Da Nang City in 2024, with the theme "Ethnic groups unite, innovate, promote advantages, potential, integrate and develop sustainably". Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh attended the Conference. According to the report of the Ministry of Finance at the online conference between the Government and Working Group No. 4 and Working Group No. 7 on inspection and urging to promote disbursement of public investment capital in the last months of 2024, the disbursement rate of 10 months of 10 ministries, central agencies and 11 localities reached 59.8% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average. At the 25th Session, term 2021 - 2026, the 17th term Cao Bang Provincial People's Council passed 3 Resolutions and submissions. Among them, there was a submission proposing not to collect tuition fees for the 2024 - 2025 school year for preschool and secondary school students at public schools in Cao Bang province in areas affected by storms and floods.
Speaking at the opening of the Forum, Mr. Tran Tri Quang - Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee said: The Forum aims to promote the role and position; remove bottlenecks, propose solutions and develop new technologies to promote the value of local resources, meet the needs and anticipate the development trends of the world . At the same time, create inspiration to promote the startup movement in the Mekong Delta.
According to Mr. Tran Tri Quang, the forum maintains and develops to become an effective public-private cooperation and dialogue platform associated with innovation to support and develop businesses and promote the green economic orientation of the Mekong Delta. Through the forum's activities, resources and markets will be connected to support the development of products, start-up projects, technology - services of Dong Thap province and the Mekong Delta and honor typical individuals, groups and units in start-up and innovation activities, forming a sustainable start-up and innovation ecosystem on the basis of science - technology and digital transformation.
With an expanded and innovative scale compared to the first Forum, the second Mekong Startup Forum in 2024 includes a series of practical activities lasting from September to November 2024. The newest point of this Forum is that Dong Thap will initiate the initiative to establish a Mekong green transformation network with the goal of forming a force, promoting public-private cooperation, contributing to the realization of sustainable development solutions and environmental protection, and green transformation.
The contents and activities of the 2nd Forum are all aimed at helping Startups promote their roles and positions; raise their voices to remove bottlenecks, propose solutions and develop new technologies to promote the value of local resources, meet the needs and anticipate the development trends of the world.
In particular, create a movement to implement the Project on Sustainable Development of 1 million hectares of high-quality and low-emission rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030, focusing on the goal of establishing Dong Thap as the "Center for green transformation solutions in the Mekong Delta region" in the new situation.
Immediately after the Forum Opening Ceremony, the final round of the Mekong Initiative Competition 2024 took place. The highlight of this year's Mekong Initiative Competition was the enthusiastic participation of young people with 136 projects from 18 provinces and cities across the country.
It is known that the Mekong Delta is one of the key economic regions with nearly 60,000 operating enterprises, with an average of 400 - 500 start-up projects each year. This is also the largest agricultural production region in Vietnam, contributing about 1/3 of the country's total agricultural GDP.
However, the Mekong Delta is facing many great challenges of climate change, posing urgent requirements for transforming the Mekong Delta's economy, in which agricultural transformation needs to maintain a central position in the direction of sustainability and innovation.
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