Bac Lieu has set ambitious housing goals, planning to construct and renovate 2,883 houses for revolution contributors, 1,760 for poor and near-poor households, and 176 for ethnic minority families. The province estimates nearly 263 billion VND will be needed to achieve these targets.

In 2024 alone, 779 homes were built, allowing vulnerable families in Bac Lieu province to celebrate the Lunar New Year in a safe and secure environment

A working delegation of Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province led by Deputy Governor Em Pheap visited the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to extend New Year wishes to local authority on January 14.

In 2025, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu aims to earn 1.2 billion USD from exporting shrimp, one of the key export products that accounts for over 95% of its total export value.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed off a development plan for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu that will cost 16-18 billion USD from now until 2030.

A project on improving climate resilience for the agro-ecosystem and communities in the coastal areas of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has helped improve production efficacy in the locality, heard a workshop held on September 12.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu considers combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as an urgent, important and long-term task to ensure the sustainable development of its fishery industry, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu has said.

In a collaborative effort between the Forest Protection Department of the southern province of Bac Lieu and Phat Quang Pagoda, nine wild animals were released back into their natural habitat at U Minh Ha National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on June 11.

Bac Lieu has set developing hi-tech shrimp farming models as a primary direction to make the Mekong Delta province the "national shrimp industry hub" and develop the "Bac Lieu clean shrimp" brand.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the southern province of Bac Lieu and Bac Lieu city People’s Committee on March 26 organised an event to release over 6 million shrimp fry to sea to regenerate aquatic resources and improve public awareness on aquatic resources protection and regeneration.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is focusing on raising the awareness and responsibility of local fishermen in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu has said.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien ordered localities, especially those in Mekong Delta, to focus on developing the supply chain and high-quality larvae so as to improve shrimp values and sustainably broaden the sector.

With the aim of becoming a "national shrimp industry hub" and focusing on creating the "Bac Lieu clean shrimp" brand to develop a shrimp value chain, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has set developing hi-tech shrimp farming models as a primary direction.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on January 25 hosted a high-level delegation of the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk, who came for a well-wishing visit on the occasion of Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on January 25 extended greetings and presented gifts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (called Tet in Vietnamese) to families of policy beneficiaries, revolutionary contributors, poor households, Agent Orange/dioxin victims, and workers facing difficulties in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has congratulated the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on surpassing its 2023 targets, achieving notable and comprehensive results that positioned it among well-performing localities in the region and the country.

As many as 90 scholarships worth 1 million VND (about 41 USD) each were given to students from ethnic minority groups, sea and island areas and children of border guard soldiers in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on January 4.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu continues to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from India, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu said on December 27.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu urged the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to create favourable conditions for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to connect with a number of US businesses to call for investment in some potential fields at a reception for US Consul General Susan Burns on November 29.