Central region plans ahead with drought-resistant rice

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VietNam News English 1 hour(s) ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed central provinces to plant rice varieties that are drought resistant and have shorter maturing periods in this year's summer-autumn crop.

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Rules tightened to block FDI firms from direct purchases from farmers

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Rules tightened to block FDI firms from direct purchases from farmers

The Vietnamese government will issue a new circular to prevent FDI companies from buying agricultural products directly from farmers.

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Vietnam moves to eradicate rabies by 2020

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Vietnam moves to eradicate rabies by 2020

Vietnam aims to eradicate rabies by 2020, reported a meeting in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 24, with representatives from 10 northern provinces prone to the disease taking part.

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Mekong Delta pins hope on bumper rice crop

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Mekong Delta pins hope on bumper rice crop

The Mekong Delta’s total rice output is expected to reach 9.3 million tonnes in the 2013 summer-autumn crop, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at a conference in Can Tho city on May 23.

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Vietnam tries to hold cashew nut export prices to rescue growers

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Vietnam tries to hold cashew nut export prices to rescue growers

VietNamNet Bridge – In an effort to save the cashew industry, local authorities have been moving ahead with the special plans to develop cashew growing areas.

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MARD allocates funds to shore up crumbling dykes

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VietNam News English 2 day(s) ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan to reinforce the inter-provincial dyke system at a cost of VND420 billion (US$20 million) to prepare for floods.

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Controversy keeps raging over swallow breeding

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SaigonTimes English 3 day(s) ago

HCMC – State managers and swallow breeders keep voicing contrary opinions about a draft circular on requirements for raising swallows in Vietnam.

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Cocoa cultivation in ASEAN discussed

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Cocoa cultivation in ASEAN discussed

The 16th meeting of the National Focal Point for the ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC) on ASEAN Cooperation and Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

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Cocoa cultivation in ASEAN discussed

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Cocoa cultivation in ASEAN discussed

The 16th meeting of the National Focal Point for the ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC) on ASEAN Cooperation and Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

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150,000 rural labourers trained in 2013

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Hanoi Times English 3 day(s) ago 1 related news

The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) disbursed VND93 billion for 36 out of 63 provincial departments to train 91,000 rural labourers in 2012.

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Training 150,000 rural labourers in 2013

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Training 150,000 rural labourers in 2013

(VOV) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) disbursed VND93 billion for 36 out of 63 provincial departments to train 91,000 rural labourers in 2012.

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Fruit, vegetable exports strive to increase turnover

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Fruit, vegetable exports strive to increase turnover

The global economic crisis has greatly influenced export turnover of some of Vietnam’s key exports such as pangasius, frozen shrimp and rice. Nevertheless, since 2007 to date, export of vegetables has seen growth as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that demand of vegetables in the world has increased by 3.6 percent per year while output has increased only 2.8 percent.

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Government steps in to allay fears of foreign takeover of agriculture

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Government steps in to allay fears of foreign takeover of agriculture

A man spreads out coffee beans to dry in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Photos by Diep Duc Minh

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Agriculture inspector arrested for corruption in southern Vietnam

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Tra Vinh police said on Friday they had arrested the province’s chief agriculture inspector for allegedly receiving bribes from local firms instead of fining them for manufacturing substandard fertilizers.

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Thailand, Laos agree to boost bilateral cooperation

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Thailand, Laos agree to boost bilateral cooperation

Thailand and Laos on May 19 agreed to resolve border-related problems as well as to enhance bilateral cooperation in trade, tourism and agriculture at the second Thai-Lao Joint Cabinet Retreat (JCR) in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai.

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