Given existing potential and upcoming projects, Chinese investment is expected to claim the top position in Long An's foreign investment landscape.

Every year, on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of the first lunar month, residents of Tam Vu Town, Chau Thanh District, Long An Province, along with visitors, eagerly anticipate what they call their second Lunar New Year (Tet) festival – or the Lam Chay festival.

A delegation from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Prey Veng provinces, led by the provinces' governors Peng Posa and Soun Somalin, visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region on February 2.

President Vo Van Thuong on November 23 attended a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Hiep Hoa victory in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Authorities of Long An southern province held a working session with a delegation from Yangsan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province of the Republic of Korea led by Mayor of Yangsan city Na Dong-yeon on February 15.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh died in a traffic accident on March 29 morning on the HCM City–Trung Luong Expressway, according Huynh Minh Phuc, Director of the Health Department of Long An province.

Like an oasis surrounded by a submerged Melaleuca forest and a maze of narrow canals, Tan Lap floating village, located in Long An province, is a perfect eco-tourism site for visitors to experience Mekong Delta life and nature.

Long An province is a gateway that connects Ho Chi Minh City - the country’s largest economic center, to southwestern provinces. With the convenient geographical position and various kinds of tourist services, the province has great potential to develop the non-smoke industry.

Long An province posted high growth in the first half of 2021 despite the negative impact of COVID-19, coming third amongst 13 Mekong Delta localities, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, industrial production in the Mekong Delta province of Long An still maintains a positive growth, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Competent authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Long An launched legal proceedings against 29 people engaging in 14 cases of organising illegal exit from and entry into Vietnam in the first four months of this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An tops all localities in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in the first quarter thanks to a 3.1 billion USD project to build gas-fuelled power plants Long An I and II.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has set a target to have 5,000 ha of dragon fruit farms in its Chau Thanh district applying high technology by 2025, of which 3,000 ha meeting VietGAP standards and 300 ha meeting GlobalGAP, Party Secretary of the district Vo Thanh Phong has said.

Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbouring Long An Province plan to widen seven roads that connect each other by 2025 at a cost of 24.4 trillion VND (1.05 billion USD).

The Dragon Fruit Association of southern Long An province exports 50 tonnes of dragon fruit a day on average to China and other Southeast Asian nations by sea as export by road has faced lots of difficulties due to the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Men Sam An extended her New Year greetings to authorities and people of Long An during a visit to the Mekong Delta province on January 21.

Binh An Village in Binh Lang commune, Tan Tru district, Long An province is renowned for its hundreds-of-year-old drum making craft, which is still upheld by locals.

An exhibition titled “Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam: Historical and legal evidence” opened at a high school of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 9.

The Vu A Dinh scholarship fund, Nam A Bank, VinaCapital Foundation (VCF), and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union provincial chapter of Long An presented scholarships to 120 poor students with outstanding performance during a local ceremony on August 21.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue to invest in transport infrastructure in its south, according to a report by its transport department.