January 11, 2012
Many rice farmers work under the mistaken impression that regular insecticide applications are necessary to attain high yields. However, decades of research by scientists around the world has shown that healthy and productive rice crops can be produced with little or no insecticide applications in most years. Nonetheless, farmers continue to apply dangerous chemicals [...]
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November 14, 2011
Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Danielle Nierenberg and Philip Newell* Whether fishing on the coast or farming in the fields, the people of Vietnam depend on an abundant supply of water. But as water becomes increasingly scarce, sustainable agriculture will be a key way to improve yields over the long term. In order to avoid massive water shortages, [...]
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July 30, 2011
Farmers harvest dragon fruit for export in the central province of Binh Thuan. The US decided to import more varieties of Vietnamese fruit, creating further opportunities for the nation’s fruit industry. The market often pays high prices for imported fruit, but maintains strict quality standards. At the moment, it requires imported fruit to meet VietGap [...]
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January 15, 2011
An economist argues that Vietnam needs to start taxing the rich and easing off the poor A cyclo driver reads a newspaper outside an electronics store in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Nguyen Minh Phong of the Hanoi Socioeconomic Research Institute says that taxes should be adjusted to meet the current economic reality. [...]
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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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February 4, 2010
Vietnamese footwear companies said they plan to increase their local market share to 50 percent this year, up from 30 percent currently. According to the Hanoi-based Leather and Shoe Research Institute, 130 million pairs of shoes are sold in the country every year, but foreign products are account for 70 percent of the total figure. [...]
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February 4, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese footwear producers have set up an ambitious plan of gaining 50 percent of the domestic market share in 2010, far exceeding the current level of 30 percent. According to the Leather and Shoes Research Institute, Vietnamese people use 130 million pairs of shoes per annum, or 1.5 pairs per person per annum. [...]
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November 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The first batch of Vietnamese dragonfruit, exported by Yasaka Fruit Processing Company, arrived in Japan yesterday after a 10-year ban due to fruit fly infestation, according to officials.Le Duc Khanh, deputy head of the Plant Protection Research Institute’s Insect Research Department, said fresh fruit importers required strict sanitary standards to prevent an outbreak [...]
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October 29, 2009
India, the worldâs second-largest rice grower, may become a net importer for the first time in 21 years in 2010, potentially sparking the kind of âpanicâ that sent prices to records in 2008, a rice expert said. India may import as much as 3 million metric tons next year after the wet season harvest plunged, [...]
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