December 12, 2011
A moon bear in a cage at a bear bile farm in the southern province of Binh Duong in a handout photo taken November 29, 2011. The Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation has transported 14 moon bears voluntarily handed over by the owner of a bear farm in the southern province of Binh Duong to [...]
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December 9, 2011
Canal carrying water from one of the ancient wells to farms in Gio Linh District Quang Tri Province’s best known tourist attractions are DMZ tours, Cam Lo Market, and relics of an uprising led by a man who was crowned as King Ham Nghi in 1885, becoming the eighth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. But [...]
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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
Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam. A recent survey conducted by a non-governmental organization found that a majority of traditional medicine practitioners in Vietnam oppose bear bile farming and prefer herbal alternatives. Many of the practitioners cited fears that the ursine bile can prove toxic [...]
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November 27, 2010
Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam All the dramatic exposés and denouncements about the production and consumption of bear bile have done nothing to shake the popular belief that it is a medicinal panacea, a survey has found. Conservationists have called for Vietnam to strengthen [...]
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November 15, 2010
The environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has called for the adoption of “readily available” food security solutions instead of hugely problematic ones like genetically engineered rice. “Genetically engineered (GE) rice is sometimes proposed as a solution to the impacts of climate change although there is no evidence that GE crops can play a role in [...]
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January 17, 2010
Seafood processors in the Mekong Delta provinces have been facing a shortage of raw materials ever since shrimp and tra catfish farming areas shrank dramatically last year. LookAtVietnam – Seafood processors in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have been facing a shortage of raw materials ever since shrimp and tra catfish farming areas shrank [...]
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January 9, 2010
Tourists help farmers harvest rice during a Mekong Delta farm tour. Intrepid travelers across Vietnam are stepping out of their stuffy offices and fleeing the noisy, crowded city for a taste of life on the farm. Farm Tours in the Mekong Delta have taken off, with weary city dwellers opting to enjoy the quiet, space [...]
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January 7, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Since 2008, MARD has allowed farmers to breed white leg shrimps on a large scale after a period of prohibition. It has proved to be a wise move. Over the last 10 years, shrimp has been a key seafood export item for Vietnam. Shrimp exports still represent 50 percent of the total seafood [...]
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December 9, 2009
Vietnam has set a high target for agricultural mechanization to better tap potentials of the agro-aquatic sector now that local farmers are more reliant on manual labor in their production. Vietnam will also strive for higher export revenue from home-made agro-aquatic machines, which should increase from some US$85 million in 2015 to US$130 million in [...]
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