Posts Tagged ‘ Been Damaged ’

Floods drown Asia's rice bowl 

October 7, 2011
Floods drown Asia's rice bowl 

This picture, taken on October 5, shows a Vietnamese farmer showing a damaged sheaf of rice at his flooded rice field in Vinh Dien Commune, Giang Thanh District, Kien Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to [...]

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Polluting brick kilns kill crops

March 11, 2009
Polluting brick kilns kill crops

LookAtVietnam – Farmers outside Ha Noi complain that smoke belching from brick kilns still ruin their paddy and threaten their health despite the persistent effort of district and commune officials to have them closed. Smoke from brick kilns in many communes in Thuong Tin District damages the health of farmers and ruins their rice paddy.“Hot [...]

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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...