May 23, 2011
 A foreign visitor tries his hand at plowing a paddy field in Hoi An’s Cam Thanh Commune Pristine streets and houses built centuries ago by the Japanese, special lanterns and tailors offering to make silk suits overnight – Hoi An’s attractions are well known. As visitors to this quaint town explore its surroundings further, [...]
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May 6, 2011
Nguyen Van Bay (L) waves after a successful mission in the Vietnam War. Bay, now 75, says he is happy with his current farming life in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. At 75 years old, Nguyen Van Bay at first appearance seems like any other farmer in the Mekong Delta. He lives with [...]
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April 25, 2011
 At age 69, Thai Ngoc, who claims not to have slept in 38 years, takes advantage of his wakefulness to help his wife with housework. It is the middle of the night in Quang Nam Province. A bright moon illuminates a field in Trung Ha Village, where a lone farmer works his field. He [...]
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April 9, 2011
A protracted drought has aggravated seasonal brackish water intrusion in the Mekong Delta, significantly damaging the region’s rice crop A farmer from Soc Trang Province’s My Xuyen District watering his watermelon field on March 13. The Mekong Delta is suffering from harsh drought and saline water intrusion caused by climate change and upstream hydropower [...]
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December 7, 2010
Salt farmers working in a field in the central coastal region. Scientists say that today’s severe and unpredictable storms have significantly impeded traditional salt harvests. A close-up look at losses and damages to shrimp and salt farmers in Ha Tinh and Ca Mau provinces aims to persuade international donors for a national program in [...]
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December 7, 2010
A farmer tends his cattle in the central province of Binh Dinh. Many Vietnamese farmers are unaware or unwilling to buy into farming insurance. Seventy percent of the Vietnamese population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, most farmers remain oblivious to safety mechanisms and insurers are still wary of entering this market. “I’ve never [...]
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November 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Farmers in the Mekong Delta have not eaten and slept well in these days due to the return of rats and mice, which have decimated large numbers of rice crops.Over 1,500 hectares of fall-winter crops in Tra Vinh Province were destroyed by an infestation of mice.Farmer Son Danh, in Tra Vinh’s Chau Thanh [...]
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October 27, 2009
A farmer in Dong Nai Province search for fish as untreated wastewater discharge by Vedan has killed their fish source in the Thi Vai River Public outrage has prompted organizers to deny awards granted to major river polluter Vedan with the corollary that if they did, it was a mistake. The company, meanwhile, insists it [...]
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October 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vi Ha Village leads the way in mass agriculture production as the new mechanisation pilot project increases rice yield. LookAtVietnam – Vi Ha Village leads the way in mass agriculture production as the new mechanisation pilot project increases rice yield. Farmers in Vi Ha Village, Ha Nam Province, are reaping more rice than [...]
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October 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – We look at the tales of two Vietnamese people both convinced that investing in education always pays off. Nguyen Huu Thuong and students of Tan Phu A Primary SchoolAn old farmer donates 200 million dong to build a school Eighty six year old farmer Nguyen Huu Thuong in Chau Thanh District in the southern [...]
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