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Fruit prices go down because of decline of export
According to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority and the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development – IPSARD’s annual report of agro product price, dragon fruit dropped continuously to VND3,000- VND3,500 per kilogram in August while it had been VND6,000- ...
Tra fish farmers in Mekong Delta suffer losses
From the beginning of the year, tra farmers in An Giang have harvested more than 250,700 tons of fish in 705 hectares. The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday said that the prices of the fish presently are fluctuating from VND16,500 to VND18,000 per ...
Huynh Loi - Translated by Uyen Phuong
Mekong Delta localities urged to work harder to complete yearly targets
In a document informing the PM’s conclusion in a meeting with leaders of the Mekong Delta localities, PM Phuc called for the engagement of the whole political system in implementing the Government’s resolutions on supporting COVID-19-hit people and solutions to remove difficulties facing business and ...
VNA
Rice production in 2020: farmers enjoy good harvest, high prices
From the beginning of this year, the developments in the weather were quite complicated, causing disadvantages for agricultural production. Fortunately, thanks to proactive suitable coping measures, farmers in provinces in the Mekong Delta achieved goods results in the winter-spring rice crop and now are harvesting ...
Huynh Loi, Dang Nguyen – Translated by Thuy Doan
More than 58,000 hectares of rice in Mekong Delta damaged due to drought
Around 41,900 hectares of the winter-spring rice crop in provinces in the Mekong Delta were affected this year; of which, 26,000 hectares of rice ended in dead loss. On June 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) cooperated with the People’s Committee of Long ...
Huynh Loi, Dang Nguyen – Translated by Gia Bao
Electricity consumption in Mekong delta rises
Electricity consumption in the Mekong delta averagely rises by 10.7 percent during 2010-2018, according to a seminar organized by GreenID Company and the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations in the Mekong delta City of Can Tho yesterday. Furthermore, electricity consumption in the region is forecast ...
Tuan Quang
Farmers in Mekong delta earn more thanks to agricultural restructuring
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday announced farmers in the Mekong delta have earned more thanks to agricultural restructuring. According to the Ministry, in 2019, farmers in the Mekong delta have switched 77,885 hectares of low yield rice area into growing other crops with ...
Nguyen Thanh
Mekong Delta, HCMC warned of tidal flooding in lowland, riverside areas
According to the center, water level in the Saigon and Dong Nai rivers on October 12 highly increased. It is predicted to continue surging in the next few days. The peak of the high tide might occur on October 15-16, the 17th and 18th day ...
Education in Mekong Delta yearning for heavy investment
All through Vietnam, the society is preparing for the new academic year of 2019-2020. Sadly, despite being a key agricultural region, the Mekong Delta region is short of both infrastructure and human resources to successfully achieve the educational goals for this year. This results from ...
New-styled cooperatives in Mekong delta make breakthrough
The Mekong Delta is facing climate change with extreme impact of natural disasters causing difficulties for agricultural production, especially smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to agricultural risks and climate change. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and locals authorities in Mekong delta provinces have ...