Agriculture and fishing
Illegal rice imports still pouring across border
More than a month has elapsed since the government vowed to strengthen its borders to halt illegal imports of rice, yet little has been done to stem the flow of illicit rice shipments flooding into Cambodia from its foreign neighbours and undermining the export efforts of ...
Firms have to set up business in Singapore to export Vietnamese rice
A lot of companies have had to give up exporting rice because they cannot satisfy the requirements set by Decree 109. In order to be eligible, export companies must have storehouses that can contain 5,000 tons of rice, and a husking workshop with minimum capacity of ...
PM calls for expedited action over rice losses
“The prime minister would like to tell all bureaucrats that this was an expensive lesson. They should bear in mind that they have to adhere to righteousness, integrity and the law,” the spokesman said. “Bureaucrats should not allow themselves to become a tool of politicians.” This ...
Drought exacerbates hoof and mouth outbreak among cattle
A vaccine campaign has been launched in response to an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease exacerbated by drought conditions in Kampong Thom province, officials said yesterday, as drought-relief efforts continued in Banteay Meanchey.Chan Panhavoan, director of the veterinary office of the Kampong Thom provincial ...
Vietnamese tycoons compete with big foreign companies
In many ‘duels’, it is not the foreign giants with powerful financial capability and experience, but rather the Vietnamese conglomerates who are the winners. With a deal worth VND1.4 trillion, Anco has become the strategic shareholder of Vissan, the move that allows it to officially join the ...
Fishery groups step up bid to avoid EU action
Isara Vongkusolkit, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber was gravely concerned about the IUU issue and had tried its best to promote cooperation with private counterparts in the fishing industry to create a traceability system for products. Mr Poj insisted that, whatever ...
Bird flu outbreak in Monywa leads to poultry transport ban
After tens of thousands of chickens had to be killed due to an outbreak of bird flu in Monywa, officials are now preventing transportation of poultry and poultry products outside of the affected area. U Kyi Lwin Oo, deputy chair of the Sagaing Region Livestock Federation, ...
Record 60-day rice sale blitz set to begin
Mr Suthep said he is certain there will be sufficient water reserves in the irrigation zone during the rainy season for the main rice crop. But the agency will need to assess whether the water collected will last for the second rice crop which follows ...
Mekong urged to improve irrigation
Do Duc Dung, head of the Southern Irrigation Planning Institute, said the irrigation systems in the Long Xuyen Quadrangle and Dong Thap Muoi regions are weak and canals need to be dredged and the weakness of the delta’s irrigation systems has limited the control of ...
Fish die en masse along coast in central Vietnam
A report released by Quang Binh Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said toxic substances in water were the cause of mass fish deaths in the locality in the past week. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on 20 April asked relevant ...
