January 29, 2010
Japanese experts will help farmers in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam cultivate organic vegetables for three years starting April. A joint project agreed upon in the province on Wednesday also aims to establish a retail outlet for homegrown organic vegetables at the Binh An terminal in Thang Binh District at prices favorable to [...]
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September 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Nearly 20,000 tonnes of urban household rubbish is estimatedly discarded every day, but just 10 per cent is recycled, An Urban Environmental Company worker collects rubbish on Dong Tac street in the capital. Only 10 per cent of 20,000 tonnes of rubbish discarded everyday in urban areas is recycled.According to VEA, the most [...]
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September 1, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Organic vegetable production is gaining ground at a very slow pace in the Song Hong (Red River) Delta region, A farmer waters organically produced vegetables in Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho district, Ha Noi. Organic vegetable cultivation accounts for only 8-8.5 per cent of the country’s total vegetable growing area.“Key difficulties the sector [...]
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August 1, 2009
Local coffee company Thai Hoa signed a consultation contract Friday with US partner Smith Coffee to develop a chain of cafes in Vietnam. The US$10 million-project would be geared toward building a high added-value retail trademark, according to the company.Thai Hoa also signed on Friday a cooperation contract with two businessmen from New Zealand to [...]
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May 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – On a trip to uncover a solution to the problem of improper disposal of household rubbish in urban areas, we were already aware of the fact that Vietnamese people consider rubbish as waste, not a natural resource. Wearing self-designed costumes, pupils of class 4E at Nam Thanh Cong Primary School in Hanoi present [...]
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March 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – HCM City and eight southern provinces will work together to produce organic vegetables, according to Bui Ba Bong, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.Speaking at a conference held in southern Binh Duong Province recently, Bong said that a number of localities had set aside land for growing organic vegetables, but poor [...]
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March 8, 2009
Organic shrimp farms are being populated in the Mekong Delta Province of Ca Mau, earning 3-4 times more than tranditional farming. LookAtVietnam – Shrimp farms in the Mekong Delta Province of Ca Mau will go organic this year to improve their quality and hygiene to meet export requirements.Nguyen Thong Nhan, deputy director of the province’s [...]
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February 24, 2009
Mekong Delta mulch maker Huynh Van Dung (C) introduces his organic coconut-husk product at a trade show A mulch maker in the Mekong Delta says his organic coconut-based product is as environmentally sound as it is enriching. As a child in Vinh Long Province, Huynh Van Dung watched the areaâs dozens of coconut processing plants [...]
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October 6, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge – Rising prices for agro-materials and falling purchasing prices for vegetables are causing headaches for organic produce farmers in HCM City’s suburbs, say local farmers. With higher production costs, organic vegetables failed to compete with their conventionally produced counterparts which are often 20 per cent cheaper.The biggest buyers of organic vegetables from suburban [...]
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