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Vietnam cuts import tax on sugar 

March 8, 2011
Vietnam cuts import tax on sugar 

Vietnam will cut import tarriffs on sugar to 15 percent The Finance Ministry will cut import duties on sugar to 15 percent, in April, in order to ensure sufficient supply for the local market. The current tariff on refined sugar is 40 percent while raw sugar is subject to a 25 percent tax. According to the Finance Ministry, [...]

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Vietnam tra fish supply set to fall 40 pct this year 

February 28, 2011
Vietnam tra fish supply set to fall 40 pct this year 

Seafood processors will face a shortage of tra fish, this year Vietnam’s tra fish output may drop 40 percent this year as farmers continue to turn away from the business. Industry insiders say that farmers will only be able to produce 900,000 tons of tra fish, this year, which will translates roughly to 360,000-380,000 tons [...]

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Gas retail prices go up on speculation, retailer interference

December 7, 2009
Gas retail prices go up on speculation, retailer interference

Speculation and manipulation by retailers are among several factors behind the rise in cooking gas prices by VND30,000-40,000 per kilogram over the last week, experts say. Tran Minh Loan, chairman of the Anpha S.G Petrol Company, said the local prices still depend on world gas prices, as local supplies meet just over 40 percent of [...]

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Markets lie about chemical-laden Chinese produce

November 27, 2009
Markets lie about chemical-laden Chinese produce

A man sells grapes in Ho Chi Minh City. The fruits were labeled as from Thailand but they in fact came from China. Produce at city markets is chock full of dangerous additives, and while the label might say “made in the USA,” it probably comes from China. Fruits and vegetables bought at Ho Chi [...]

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Southern farmers rue counting their chickens

July 15, 2009
Southern farmers rue counting their chickens

Poultry farmers feed their flock of chickens in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District Farmer Nguyen Huu Cong from the southern province of Dong Nai did not hesitate to increase his flock of chickens three times to 6,000 as meat prices began rising at the beginning of this year. He borrowed VND250 million (US$14,000) [...]

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Lizards help Ninh Thuan farmers make easy money

May 20, 2009
Lizards help Ninh Thuan farmers make easy money

Nguyen Van Kep of Ninh Thuan Province says he does not have to buy any feed to raise dong (butterfly lizards) that he sells to make more than VND1 million (US$56) a month. The breeding of dong , which has the scientific name of Leiolepis belliana, has gained in popularity among farmers in the south [...]

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Sugar demand will exceed supply

May 11, 2009
Sugar demand will exceed supply

Farmers in Hoa Binh Province’s Cao Phong District harvest sugarcane. The output has noticeably dropped this season, which could lead to a shortage of sugar in August and September. VietNamNet Bridge – Demand for sugar will exceed supply as the output of sugarcane has reduced markedly this season, said the general secretary of the Viet [...]

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Swine flu outbreak makes imported pork a harder sell

April 29, 2009
Swine flu outbreak makes imported pork a harder sell

Imported pork, already selling slowly because it is strange to the Vietnamese palate, has become unsalable after people learned of the swine flu outbreak. A director of a HCMC company that imports meat and seafood, including pork from the US, Canada and Australia, said that his company imported a consignment of pork at the end [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...