February 2, 2010
A chili powder factory in Ho Chi Minh City has been suspended after its products were found to be contaminated with industrial dye Rhodamine B, which is a carcinogenic substance, health officials said Friday. Officials from the cityâs Health Department earlier took chili powder and reddening powder samples from the Kim Nga factory in Binh [...]
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January 27, 2010
Many kinds of fruit, now available at local markets – oranges from the US, apples from Japan, mandarins from Thailand – are, in fact, all from China. Giving a magic to China’s fruits A long queue of 40-feet container vehicles were seen standing on the way into Tam Binh Wholesale Market in Thu Duc District in [...]
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January 27, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Two clear patterns are being seen – traditional market prices are going up, as supermarket prices go down. Prices of processed food, on January 25, increased by 10,000-50,000 dong at traditional markets, although it was not the highest peak of the Tet sale season. Pork pies, for example, a traditional favorite food for [...]
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January 26, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – Sugar sale prices have remained high, despite orders by MARD to slash prices to affordable levels. Sugar manufacturers claim that they must raise prices because the world’s prices have escalated. In previous years, government agencies endured big headaches to fight imports smuggled over the Cambodian border. At that time, illegal sugar imports [...]
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January 23, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Seafood exporters are not expecting a prosperous 2010 – despite an upturn predicted for the global economy. Unfortunately there appear to be just too many problems for them to face. We asked one exporter why he remains so pessimistic about business performance in 2010, when export markets are all expected to open more [...]
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January 17, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Fishermen in Khanh Hoa Province are facing difficulties after the price of tuna dropped by almost VND30,000 (US$1.7) per kilo. LookAtVietnam – Fishermen in Khanh Hoa Province are facing difficulties after the price of tuna dropped by almost VND30,000 (US$1.7) per kilo.The drop has been linked to a slump in orders from seafood [...]
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January 16, 2010
LookAtVietnam – MARD said it is unreasonable that domestic sugar is more expensive than imports. However, sugar producers are denying the charge. In recent months the sugar price has climbed to a new height of 21,000-22,000 dong per kilo. Domestic sugar producers, while admitting that the price is now high, say the high price is reasonable. [...]
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December 28, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Dairy farmers must sell their milk cows because they cannot withstand higher production costs and lower milk prices any longer. Those who have lived on dairy farming for the last 10 years have reported that while selling milk cows means that they lose their families’ income, they have no other choice. They have [...]
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December 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Agricultural officials and farmers have criticised a decision to increase import tariffs on raw materials for animal feed from next month. The Ministry of Finance has published a circular saying tariffs on such goods as maize, corn, soybeans and powdered fish will rise between 5 to 15 per cent.The decision aims to reduce [...]
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December 15, 2009
Many dragonfruit farmers and exporters in the central province of Binh Thuan are in deep trouble because of a steep fall in prices triggered by reduced demand . . . The fruit now fetches just VND3,000-4,000 per kilo against VND12,000-13,000 per kilo just last month.Nguyen Van Dai, who owns one ha dragonfruit garden in Ham [...]
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