A marine farming project worth 30 million USD has been licensed in principle in the southern province of Kien Giang, expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of saltwater fish for export each year.
Changes to the water environment on the La Nga river in the southern province of Dong Nai have been blamed for the death of nearly 1,000 tonnes of fish this month, provincial officials have said.
The Huong Khe District People's Court in the central province of Ha Tinh has recently sentenced six local people to a total of 66 months in prison for violating “regulations on protection of endangered, precious and rare animals”.
A business delegation from China are paying a visit to Vietnam to study the possibility of investing and importing agro-forestry-aquatic products of the Southeast Asian country.
Dried fish making villages in the Mekong Delta are entering their peak production season ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 5 this year.
Vietnam’s tra fish export value has exceeded 2 billion USD for the first time, with the figure hitting 2.05 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 27.4 percent, according to the General Department of Customs.
Tra fish breeds producers in the Mekong Delta have been urged to closely work with research institutes, universities and scientists to apply advanced farming techniques to produce high quality breeds.
Vietnam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on August 18.
Only 11 sarus cranes, the tallest species of flying birds on earth, have been spotted this year at Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province – which used to be the top destination of the bird in the Mekong Delta region.
Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, a Ramsar site in Vietnam, has seen 192 hectares of its plants recovered thanks to p reservation efforts.
Australia will cut 90 percent of import tariff lines in 2018 and 100 percent of them in 2020 under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement roadmap, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Eco-tourism development in a sustainable manner will be promoted in Dong Thap province’s Tram Chim National Park– the “green lung” of the Mekong Delta.
Many Vietnamese exporters are seeking new markets for tra fish as they face high tariffs in the United States, long one of the biggest consumers of Vietnamese tra fish.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2 visited the Museum of Biology of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi where specimens of white goby fish and Onagadori chicken, gifts from the Japanese Royal Family, are preserved.
An ecosystem-based climate change adaptation project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Building and Nuclear Safety in Vietnam made strides in 2016.
The visit to Vietnam by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko from February 28 is a significant event marking a crucial milestone in the cooperation and friendship between the two nations.
The Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) of the Republic of Korea plans to construct a 1,200MW coal-fired power plant in the central province of Quang Tri in 2018.
Tilapia fish exports this year are forecast to surge by 32 percent against 2015 to 45 million USD, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Vietnam’s seafood export turnover in July reached 564 million USD, a drop of 2.2 percent over June, pushing the total figure in the first seven months of this year to 3.65 billion USD.
Measures to control saltwater intrusion and store freshwater in the Mekong Delta region were shared at a workshop held in Hau Giang province on July 13.
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