Posts Tagged ‘ Of Phu Quoc ’

Vietnam encourages producers to register brands overseas 

October 29, 2011
Vietnam encourages producers to register brands overseas 

The famous brand of Phu Quoc fish sauce, which is owned by the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, was recently registered by a Hong Kong-based company in China. Vietnamese producers’ associations should register their members’ collective brands overseas as soon as possible to avoid foreign legal battles [...]

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Fishy in Phu Quoc 

December 7, 2010
Fishy in Phu Quoc 

  Phu Quoc’s staple dish offers a triumphant marriage of fresh and fermented flavors Goi ca trich (herring salad) served at Tieu Ngu Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The dish can be found on the menu of every seaside shack and luxury restaurants in Phu Quoc. Nestled in the Gulf of Thailand, just off [...]

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Free-for-all garbage dumping dirties Phu Quoc Island 

November 8, 2010
Free-for-all garbage dumping dirties Phu Quoc Island 

Garbage from the Duong Dong River ends up on Phu Quoc sandbeach during low tide Ngo Van Giao wakes up early every day and earns VND20,000 from one hour of fetching plastic garbage from the Duong Dong River in his neighborhood. The 82-year-old said seven or ten people would come after him doing the same [...]

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Protected forests go unprotected

December 13, 2009
Protected forests go unprotected

LookAtVietnam – Vast swathes of protected forest on Phu Quoc Island have been illegally cut down by landowners holding fraudulently-obtained property rights. “It looks like football fields scattered around the forest,” said a local resident on the country’s biggest island in the southern province of Kien Giang.“They make double profit deforesting here because illegal loggers [...]

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Protected forests go unprotected

December 5, 2009
Protected forests go unprotected

A swath of protected forest cut down on Phu Quoc Island. Vast swathes of protected forest on Phu Quoc Island have been illegally cut down by landowners holding fraudulently-obtained property rights. “It looks like football fields scattered around the forest,” said a local resident on the country’s biggest island in the southern province of Kien [...]

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‘Phu Quoc’ fish sauce not what it used to be

November 16, 2009
‘Phu Quoc’ fish sauce not what it used to be

Around 90 percent of Phu Quoc fish sauce sold both locally and overseas is faked or of poor quality, the island’s fish sauce association said Sunday. The Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association based on the island off the coast of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province said raw material shortages and higher production costs had [...]

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From slayer to protector

August 1, 2009
From slayer to protector

A dugong – a plant-eating sea mammal that is still illegally hunted in Vietnam Nguyen Van Khanh used to be known as “The Dugong Slayer of Phu Quoc.” He learned how to fish dugong from his father when he was 19 and quickly earned a strong reputation among the island’s fishermen.From his start as a [...]

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Investment in Phu Quoc: the paradise still far away

June 16, 2009
Investment in Phu Quoc: the paradise still far away

Five years have passed since the day Vietnam put forward the plan on building and developing Phu Quoc Island into a large global tourism and trade exchange centre. But it seems that nothing considerable has been accomplished yet. On October 5, 2004, the then Prime Minister Phan Van Khai signed a decision approving the master [...]

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Fish sauce makers seek to protect name

May 7, 2009
Fish sauce makers seek to protect name

LookAtVietnam – The Association of Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Producers has begun to register the Phu Quoc trademark in the European market to deal with widespread fakes marketed by foreign companies. The Association of Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Producers has begun to register the Phu Quoc trademark in the European market.The registration will specify the [...]

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Visiting Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Kien Giang

April 24, 2009
Visiting Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Kien Giang

LookAtVietnam – Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Phu Quoc Island will open on April 30 to mark the 34th anniversary of the Reunification Day of the country. A view of Coi Nguon Phu Quoc Museum in Kien Giang.This museum is the result of the profound passion for preservation of a young couple, Huynh Phuoc [...]

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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...