Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Lam Dong (VNA) - The Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation project (VnSAT) has proven effective in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, helping enhance coffee production effectiveness in the locality and change local farmers’ awareness of sustainable coffee farming. Pham Trung Dung, Director of the project’s management board said the project focuses on training coffee production techniques to local farmers, and building sustainable cultivation and production models Local farmers have been supported in building infrastructure facilities and purchasing equipment for cultivation and production. In the last three years, training courses on cultivation technique were offered to some 10,000 farmer households in Lam Dong. Hundreds of sustainable re-planting and production models and water-saving irrigation models for coffee were formed. Attention was also paid to developing cooperatives, aiming to promote production and … [Read more...] about Sustainable coffee production project benefits Lam Dong farmers
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Dong Thap to use own budget to take over BOT project
Dong Thap to use own budget to take over BOT projectBy Trung Chanh A bridge that crosses the Cai Nho River in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province. The provincial government plans to acquire this bridge project using its own budget – PHOTO: BAODONGTHAP.VN DONG THAP – Dong Thap Province in southern Vietnam plans to use its own budget to take over a controversial build-operate-transfer (BOT) bridge project. Le Hoang Bao, deputy director of the provincial Transport Department, told The Saigon Times that the province’s vice chairman, Chau Hong Phuc, had agreed to send the proposal to the local government to acquire the bridge across the Cai Nho River in Cao Lanh District. The provincial government has asked its finance department to come up with plans to use the budget, Bao said. He added that the local government had held several meetings with the investor of the project. And the price of the project was determined but he did not reveal it. The project … [Read more...] about Dong Thap to use own budget to take over BOT project
Dong Thap strives to turn mango into key export product
Cao Lanh mango (Source: Internet) Dong Thap (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, the largest mango producer in the region with 9,200 hectares of mangos and a annual output of nearly 100,000 tonnes, is working to turn mango into a sustainable hard currency earner by 2020. According to Nguyen Thanh Tai, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, as part of efforts to boost mango production, Dong Thap has invested in improving technology infrastructure, dyke system and farming technology towards global agricultural practice standards (GAP) as well as post-harvest industry. Two mango farming areas with a combined area of 33 hectares in Cao Lanh district and Cao Lanh city have reached GlobalGAP standards, while two others with a total area of over 48 hectares have met VietGAP standards. So far, Dong Thap has developed six safe mango production areas in Cao Lanh district and Cao Lanh city with total area of over 416 hectares. Local … [Read more...] about Dong Thap strives to turn mango into key export product
Tra fish industry facing dangerous situation, warn experts
Tra fish is processed for export at Bien Dong Seafood Co Ltd in Tra Noc II Industrial Zone in the southern city of Can Tho.-VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Liem The boom in the industry has opened a potentially dangerous situation in which supply exceeds demand, potentially leading to a bubble. Nguyen Minh Phuong, director of Minh Duc Thanh Co Ltd in Can Tho, said prices of tra fish now stand at a record of VND31,000 per kilo of regular, and VND70,000 per 30 unit kilo of specificly bred tra fish varieties, a year-on-year increase of 70 per cent and three times, respectively. With such prices, farmers have earned a profit of VND4,000 per kilo from rearing tra fish and VND40,000 per kilo from developing tra fish varieties. Duong Nghia Quoc, chairman of the Vietnam Tra Fish Association, said the current demand for tra fish is estimated to reach 1.2 million tonnes per year, while demand for tra fish varieties is expected to reach a maximum of 2-2.5 billion units per year. Farmers in many regions, … [Read more...] about Tra fish industry facing dangerous situation, warn experts
Dong Thap to up exports of mangoes by focusing on quality, branding
Experts have urged Dong Thap Province, the largest mango producer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, to build brands and develop large-scale fields by strengthening cooperation among local farmers. A farmer uses plastic bags to cover young mangoes in Dong Thap Province. - Photo baodongthap.vn Speaking at a seminar held in the province’s Cao Lanh City on Tuesday, Professor Tran Van Hau of Can Tho University said that farmers also needed to work more closely with companies to ensure that output meets export demand. Dong Thap has more than 9,300ha of mango varieties with annual output of 90,000 tonnes, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Two specialty mango varieties, Cat Chu and Hoa Loc, account for 70 per cent and 20 per cent of the province’s total mango area, respectively. The fruit is one of Dong Thap’s key products in its agriculture restructuring programme. The province’s mangoes, which are mostly … [Read more...] about Dong Thap to up exports of mangoes by focusing on quality, branding