December 12, 2011
Rice exports from Vietnam, the second-largest shipper, reached a record level, boosting supply at a time when floods and government policies may reduce flows from Thailand, the largest exporter. Shipments totaled 6.84 million metric tons in the year through Dec. 8, the Vietnam Food Association said today. That’s more than the 6.75 million tons [...]
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September 20, 2011
A man carrying chickens on National Highway 1 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District. Bird flu has hit flocks of fowl in three of Vietnam’s north-central provinces over the last two weeks, the Department of Animal Health announced on Tuesday (September 13). Hoang Van Nam, the department chief, said at a meeting of [...]
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September 19, 2011
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a warning about illegal agrochemicals of Chinese origin, including feed additives and herbicides, that are harmful to human health and the environment. Â At a meeting held Friday to discuss on enforcement of measures to ensure food safety and monitor agricultural chemicals, agriculture minister Cao [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Danielle Nierenberg and Philip Newell* Whether fishing on the coast or farming in the fields, the people of Vietnam depend on an abundant supply of water. But as water becomes increasingly scarce, sustainable agriculture will be a key way to improve yields over the long term. In order to avoid massive water shortages, [...]
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July 12, 2011
Tran Van Thanh (left) and a group of foreign experts during a field trip in the Cat Tien National Park. (Photo: Sai Gon Tiep Thi) The director of the Cat Tien National Park, a UNESCO listed biosphere reserve, says he is determined to stand by opinions contrary to state agencies pushing for the development of [...]
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July 1, 2011
China has stepped up buying farm products from Vietnam, including coffee, rice and rubber as it grapples with harsh crop weather, but higher prices could stoke inflation in the Southeast Asian nation, government data and local media said. Rising Chinese imports of Vietnamese agricultural produce, which has seen robust growth in the past decade, [...]
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May 17, 2011
Soldiers participate in a simulation exercise held on Sunday in the central city of Da Nang that aimed to test Vietnam's first locally established tsunami warning system The agriculture ministry cooperated with military-owned telecom giant Viettel to test Vietnam’s first locally produced tsunami warning system in the central city of Da Nang on Sunday. Â [...]
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March 13, 2011
Dr. Nguyen Van Bo Dr. Nguyen Van Bo, head of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science, has been named to a new international commission on sustainable agriculture and climate change created to confront threats to global food security. The new commission is an initiative of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security [...]
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February 25, 2011
Farmers harvest rice in Laos (Photo by FAO) The Vietnamese agricultural ministry has sought government approval to finance a VND5 billion (US$238,000) project to help Laos improve agricultural production, Vietnam News Agency reported Sunday. The project, which is scheduled to be carried out from now until June 2012, also aims to develop Lao rural areas and [...]
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December 16, 2010
Vietnam will be planting genetically modified (GM) crops on a large scale from 2013 onwards, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said at a conference Friday. Â Pham Van Toan, chief of the ministry’s biotech office, said so far three foreign companies have been licensed to test three varieties of [...]
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