Farmers in Lai Chau province have turned to fish cage farming to utilize water surface areas of Ban Chat hydropower reservoirs and financial support from the local government.
Fish cage farming is a new trade of farmers in Muong Kim commune, Than Uyen district which is home to Ban Chat hydropower plant (Photo: VNA)
With more than 10 fish cages, Hoang Van Tien in Tham Phe village, Muong Kim commune, Than Uyen district can rake in over 200 million VND (about 870,000 USD) per year (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
Hemibagrus, a genus of catfish, is bred in the water surface of Ban Chat hydropower plant, bringing high economic value for local fish farmers (Photo: VNA)
Fish cage farming is a new trade, bringing good incomes for farmers in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau (Photo: VNA)
National Assembly deputies and members of the People’s Council of Lai Chau province held a dialogue on June 21 with representatives of children in the northern mountainous province.
Four people have gone missing after being swept away by flash floods in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on early June 24, according to the provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Response, Search and Rescue.
Some 2,000 children and teenagers under 16 years old in the northern provine of Lai Chau recieved have free screening for congenital heart disease in a two-day charity programme.
Northern Vietnam remains the region with the highest number of death from rabies, accounting for 80 percent of the country’s mortality, deputy director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan told a meeting in Hanoi on August 6.
A culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic groups in the northwestern region will take place in the mountainous province of Son La from August 18-20, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Fish cage farming is a new trade of farmers in Muong Kim commune, Than Uyen district which is home to Ban Chat hydropower plant (Photo: VNA) 
With more than 10 fish cages, Hoang Van Tien in Tham Phe village, Muong Kim commune, Than Uyen district can rake in over 200 million VND (about 870,000 USD) per year (Photo: VNA) 
(Photo: VNA) 
Hemibagrus, a genus of catfish, is bred in the water surface of Ban Chat hydropower plant, bringing high economic value for local fish farmers (Photo: VNA) 
Fish cage farming is a new trade, bringing good incomes for farmers in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau (Photo: VNA) 
