December 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – On November 28, the first rice ‘trading floor’ in Vietnam made its debut. Can it succeed where many such ventures have failed? The rice exchange is an effort backed by the Vietnam Food Association to increase farmers’ income by cutting out the middlemen and making prices transparent. “We’re going to help farmers connect [...]
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October 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Hau Giang, a Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province, has offered the red carpet to attract investors in rice and seafood. Hau Giang province produces an average 1 million tonnes of rice a year, contributing 350,000-400,000 tonnes to the country’s rice exports.“Investors would receive exemption from land lease fees, and land and water surface [...]
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September 13, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Waterways in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho are in danger of being killed by pollution several years, an environment official has warned. A pipe that discharges wastewater from a fishing farm directly to a canal in Can Tho.LookAtVietnam – Waterways in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho are in danger [...]
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September 13, 2009
Barges wait to load sand dredged from the Hau River in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. The government has launched investigations into sand exploitation to clamp down on the illegal export of the important building material that Vietnam is quickly running out of. âWe will have to import sand in the future if [...]
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September 11, 2009
A pipe that discharges wastewater from a fishing farm directly to a canal in Can Tho Waterways in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho are in danger of being killed by pollution several years, an environment official has warned. They have been heavily polluted by large quantities of industrial waste discharged every day for [...]
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September 1, 2009
As the likely impacts of climate change become clearer, top officials of some provinces in the Mekong Delta confirmed that cooperative responses were at the top of their agendas. Climate change scenarios will guide Government’s planners Protecting the Mekong’s lower channel The Deputy Mayor of Can Tho City says that the city has proposed that ministries and central [...]
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August 30, 2009
A scene of the Can Tho City on the Hau River. The city has been named a first-class municipality.LookAtVietnam – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong ha announced during a special ceremony that Can Tho had been named a first-class municipality.The largest city in the southern Mekong Delta, Can Tho is 170km to the south [...]
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August 16, 2009
Researchers have taken issue with the Institute for Culture and Art’s plan to nominate the ‘hau dong’ trance dances for UNESCO’s recognition as a world cultural heritage. “Hau dong” at the Lanh Giang Temple Festival. Hau dong to be nominated as world intangible heritageHau dong: way to become lucky or burn money?Contemporary art in folk festival: [...]
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July 28, 2009
The Lanh Giang temple festival in Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province from July 23-26 was the first folk festival in Vietnam to see the contribution of contemporary art. “Hau dong” performance at the Lanh Giang Temple Festival. Contemporary art in folk festivals To prepare for this festival, 30 contemporary painters went to Duy Tien on July [...]
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July 13, 2009
River sand exploited and transported in the Mekong Delta (Photo: SGGP) LookAtVietnam – The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho is to regulate sand dredging and selling, in a bid to stop exploitation where riverbanks may collapse, as well making licensed owners clearly display traffic signs and their specific areas of dredging, the city’s administration [...]
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