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Prerequisite: Breed At the seminar "Model of commercialization of high quality fruit varieties - Road for high quality dragon fruit in Vietnam" organized by New Zealand Embassy and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Tran Thi Oanh Yen, Deputy Director of SOFRI, said that the 3 varieties of dragon fruit to be produced commercially by the end of 2020 are red flesh dragon fruit, white flesh and pink flesh dragon fruit. The above varieties are more sweet and dense compared to older varieties. These varieties are not only of higher quality and yield but can also resist to brown spot disease. This disease resistance makes the fruit easier to export without the use of pesticides. These new varieties will be copyrighted domestically and internationally. It is expected that by the end of 2020 the project will go into production of the new varieties for commercialization. Ms. Wendy Matthews, the New Zealand Ambassador in Vietnam, stressed that promoting investment can help the … [Read more...] about Long-term direction for Vietnamese dragon fruit

The bridges serve inhabitants’ travelling demand and transportation of commodities in disadvantaged districts. Benefactors paid for materials to build the bridges and locals built the bridge without the wage while local administrations operated the contruction, hence, the cost of each bridge was reportedly half of others. More than 100 local inhabitants and members of army forces joined hand to build a bridge within 15 to 30 days. Police officers, residents and local forces  join hand in building a bridge (Photo: SGGP) Police officers, residents and local forces  join hand in building a bridge (Photo: SGGP) Police officers, residents and local forces  join hand in building a bridge (Photo: SGGP) For instance, Tra Canh bridge in Thuan Hoa Commune with the length of 60 meters and width of meters cost VND400 million ($17,194) instead VND2 billion like other bridges. Additionally, residents around the bridge cooked meals for those who joined in building the … [Read more...] about Rural residents contribute assistance to bridge construction

A large number of German tourists, foreign tourists, researchers, teachers, students and the Vietnamese community in Hamburg and neighboring areas flocked to the event.  According to Prof. Thomas Engelbert, Head of the Vietnamese studies faculty at University of Hamburg, Vietnam Tag is an opportunity to advertise Vietnam's traditional culture to international friends. Additionally, the organizers also arranged an exhibition space to introduce Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements in previous time.  During the Vietnamese culture day, visitors had opportunity to discover and experience Vietnamese folk games, calligraphy performance, Vietnamese tea and cuisine, traditional music, Vietnamese language classes, etc. BY HOANG THANH- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Vietnamese culture day held in Germany

Within the G20 summit framework, the Vietnamese delegation will pay the official  visit to Japan. Accordingly, the visit is made at an invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. By staff writers- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to attend G20 Summit next week

The stretch of the mountain pass was blocked by massive landslide following heavy downpour on the day before. Millions of tons of earth moved, displacing tens of kilometers of land at 3PM; luckily, no death toll or injuries were reported as the incident took place at night. Being informed, the mountain pass management unit mobilized four special-purpose vehicles and ten construction workers cleared the debris of the landslide. Additionally, traffic police officers controlled traffic in both directions of the mountain pass. Until 7 PM on the same day, the mountain pass was totally cleared and made through for traffic. Rescue workers were keeping working to cleared a large quantity of cascading soil and rocks.By DOAN KIEN - Translated by DAN THUY Tags: Road-wrecking landslide blocks traffic Bao Loc mountain pass cascading soil and rocks re-opened … [Read more...] about Road-wrecking landslide blocks traffic on mountain pass