Mekong delta trip

Kien Giang, Long An provinces want rice export ban lifted The Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Long An have asked the Government to reconsider its temporary ban on rice exports, saying it would discourage farmers from growing the autumn-winter crop this year.   … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta faces rice crisis as exports are interrupted

The loss would be caused by several factors, including changes in river flow, water quality and the ways sediment and nutrient are transported. These would be directly harmful to habitats, populations and communities, foraging and breeding behaviors, species interactions and ecosystem functioning, and migration of fishes. … [Read more...] about Mekong River dams could slice 0.3 pct off Vietnam’s GDP: report

Ms. Pham Thi Loan, a farmer in An Trach A Commune in Dong Hai District in Bac Lieu Province, said that she has just harvested more than 30 kilograms of giant tiger shrimps sized 30-40 pcs per kilogram and collected roughly VND3.8 million. Meanwhile, in the previous harvest, she harvested only 28 kilograms of shrimps but earned more than VND4.5 million. Shrimp farming currently has entered the peak season but with such decreasing prices, farmers will not earn any profit. According to shrimp farmers in coastal areas in Kien Giang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, and Soc Trang provinces, the prices of shrimps have never declined so strongly in a short time as currently, of which, the prices of giant tiger shrimps dropped most. Just in over a week, the prices of shrimps fell by VND70,000 per kilogram while in comparison with the same period last year, the prices of giant tiger shrimps sank by VND100,000-VND140,000 per kilogram, depending on each kind. According to statistics, in the third week of … [Read more...] about Low shrimp prices cause difficulties for farmers, enterprises

Hanh said that in order to make the decision, she had to fight ideologically with both herself and staff. “Welcoming guests from the epidemic area and telling staff not to worry is not easy. What happens if one of those guests is infected? But if everyone refused, where could they go? And would the community be safe? After explaining that to the staff, they were happy to agree,” Hanh said. … [Read more...] about The ambassadors within nation’s tourism industry

Nguyễn Hữu Đặng, a member of the bank's Executive Board and its General Director, and Phạm Văn Đẩu, its chief financial officer, are also completing registration procedures for buying a total of 1.5 million shares. … [Read more...] about HDBank executives register to buy large chunks of lender’s shares as pandemic drags down prices