Update May, 18 2012 12:23:02
May, 15 2012 09:49:03
The Government should draft a plan to replant coffee trees and subsidise the costs to ensure the sustainable development of the coffee industry, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.
May, 17 2012 11:05:59
Drought hits 50,000ha of crop
A drought has affected nearly 50,000ha of crops nationwide, says Dang Duy Hien of the General Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
May, 15 2012 15:14:18
Regulations on agricultural insurance need to be adjusted
Agricultural insurance regulations need to be revised to encourage more farmers to buy agricultural insurance, said the provincial authority of Dong Nai.
May, 15 2012 09:33:00
Rice farmers enjoy benefits
From July 1 this year, the Government will provide subsidies to rice farmers if their crops are damaged due to natural disasters, in addition to their regular annual subsidies.
May, 14 2012 09:50:29
Government invests in rural infrastructure
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has finalised plans to develop part of a US$138 million rural infrastructure project in 15 northern mountainous provinces, according to a ministry source.
May, 12 2012 08:31:22
Delta boosts tra fish stock quality
The Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2 has handed over 101,000 mature tra breeder fish to eight Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces and Can Tho city as part of efforts to improve the quality of tra stock in the region.
May, 12 2012 08:29:32
Project bids to protect medicinal plants
The nation's first project to protect plants that rural communities rely upon for traditional medicine is being implemented in the northern province of Bac Kan.
May, 12 2012 08:28:11
Beef project raises farmers' incomes
A project to promote sustainable beef production by the Mong people in remote parts of the northern province of Cao Bang was reported to have achieved positive initial results, according to a workshop held in Ha Noi on Thursday.
May, 10 2012 16:28:00
Foreign help boosts local products
The lives of hundreds of poor households in Ha Giang's Vi Xuyen District have improved since their involvement in producing organic tea under a project initiated by the Vietnam Challenge Fund.
May, 10 2012 09:21:00
Rubber strategy gets approval
The Prime Minister has approved the Viet Nam Rubber Group's business plan by 2015, which calls for an annual increase in turnover by 15 per cent and pre-tax profits of 22 per cent a year.
May, 05 2012 09:08:31
Farmers take health risks to boost income
Many residents in northern Thai Binh Province have found spraying pesticide on local rice fields a way of getting additional income, regardless of protective working clothes shortage and health risks.