Calling for investment in agriculture to optimise the potential and strengths of the locality is a priority of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, said Cao Van Trong, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee at a conference promoting investment to the sector on September 18.
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee (VNMC) held a national consultation in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 to look into Laos’ Pak Lay hydropower project.
The debut feature by Nguyen Phuong Anh (a.k.a. Ash Mayfair) – a writer-director based in New York and Vietnam – The Third Wife, won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the US Department of Agriculture recently proposed that Vietnam would be eligible to export catfish and other fish products to the US market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Southern localities have harvested nearly 962,000 hectares of total rice in the summer-autumn crop this year, equivalent to 89 percent of the same crop last year.
The capital city of Hanoi is eyeing fees on personal vehicles entering the city centre in an attempt to curb worsening traffic and pollution.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit Vietnam’s northern region on September 17 morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central provinces and cities.
Representatives of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Australian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Karen Lanyon on September 14 to discuss cooperation in diverse areas in the near future.
A citrus festival and agricultural fair in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh will be held on November 24-25 this year in Cao Phong district, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has provided free coffee seedlings and farming techniques for local farmers in an effort to replace old, unproductive coffee trees.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has approved a list of 81 projects calling for investment until 2020, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Vu Hong.
E-commerce is growing rapidly, posing challenges to State management agencies, as heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 reviewing the five-year implementation of the government’s Decree No.52/2013/ND-CP on e-commerce.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to halt the import of pork and pork products from Hungary and Poland to prevent the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus from entry into Vietnam.
Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) Pham Toan Vuong has had a working session with representatives from Yanmar, a Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer.
The sugarcane sector is facing record-low prices despite an increase of 500,000 tonnes of output over last year, leading to high inventory levels, according to the Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association.
Nestlé Vietnam has helped over 20,000 households of coffee growers improve productivity and income through applying new technology from the NESCAFE Plan project, said the firm’s General Director Ganesan Ampalavanar.
People of Myanmar, especially the young, need to change so as to seize arising opportunities, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has said.
Vietnam and Indonesia issued a joint statement for strengthening the Strategic Partnership on the occasion of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s state visit to Vietnam from September 11-12.
