Posts Tagged ‘ Agriculture Sector ’

Vietnam agricultural strength bears little fruit at home

January 31, 2010
Vietnam agricultural strength bears little fruit at home

Shoppers look at imported fruits at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Although it is a major agricultural exporter, Vietnam still imports a huge amount of produce and experts say it’s a trend that the country should not be proud of. The lack of barriers against cheap imports and poor marketing have pushed the [...]

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Livestock industry to modernise

June 12, 2009
Livestock industry to modernise

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s livestock industry aims to produce 5.5 million tonnes of meat, 14 billion eggs and more than 1 million tonnes of milk by 2020, a conference heard yesterday, June 11. The national plan aims at a per capita output of 56 kilos of meat, 140 eggs and more than 10 kilos of [...]

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Farmers’ interests forefront reform debate

April 13, 2009
Farmers’ interests forefront reform debate

A farmer tends his coffee garden in Krong Ana District in Dac Lac Province. The amendments to the Land Law is hoped to create an opportunity for farmers to develop businesses while ensuring their interests.LookAtVietnam – Draft amendments to the Land Law that allow for larger landholdings are necessary to modernise the agriculture sector and [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/3

March 11, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/3

HCM City to host agriculture market seminar; Seminar on competition law opens in Da Nang; SBV licenses Thai bank; ACE Life total premiums grow almost double HCM CityA seminar on market prospects for Vietnam’s agriculture sector in 2009 will be held in HCM City later this month, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) [...]

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Servicing a desire for growth

March 7, 2009
Servicing a desire for growth

LookAtVietnam – The services sector will be the new engine of growth for Vietnam, writes Andrew Chan Yik Hong, a PricewaterhouseCoopers executive director in corporate finance in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. LookAtVietnam – The services sector will be the new engine of growth for Vietnam, writes Andrew Chan Yik Hong, a PricewaterhouseCoopers executive [...]

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Farmers receive vocational skills

February 20, 2009
Farmers receive vocational skills

An agriculture extension official in Thua Thien-Hue Province guides ethnic minority farmers technical breeding methods and epidemic prevention for cows. LookAtVietnam – About 1 million Vietnamese farmers will benefit from vocational training each year under the biggest ever programme that aims to ensure national social security and to modernise the agriculture sector by 2020.The vocational [...]

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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...