Mekong delta

Mr. Quach Van Ngoan, a farmer in Long Binh Commune in Long My Town in Hau Giang Province, said that his family has 4,000 square meters of rice. He finished harvesting and already sold all his paddy more than 10 days ago for VND5,200 per kilogram as farmers needed money to cover necessary expenses and daily expenses.  Farmers in the Mekong Delta have mostly finished harvesting the winter-spring rice crop. Most farmers harvested and sold paddy when the prices were at high levels. Currently, paddy is in warehouses of export enterprises, rice mills, and traders. Enterprises need to export rice in a certain volume. In the past weeks, arguments were raised on social networks and some media on keeping or suspending the export of rice. It is important to consider and calculate the volume and time of export. According to a report by the Vietnam Food Association, by March 27 this year, the total amount of undelivered signed contracts was nearly 1.6 million tons of rice. Of which, the … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta provinces expect good summer-autumn rice crop

Accordingly, An Giang Province has asked for permission to prioritize the export of glutinous rice and Japonia rice varieties. Currently, farmers in An Giang Province sow more than 115,000 hectares of glutinous rice annually, equivalent to 747,500 tons of glutinous paddy, and around 10,000 hectares of round-grain paddy with a production of 75,000 tons per year. The goal of producing these two aforesaid products is mainly for export, not for domestic consumption and in the past years, farmers and enterprises have connected and established an effective value chain from production to consumption. Besides, the province has also asked to carry out existing export contracts, of which, giving priority to exporting early the amount of rice that already made or is in the process of making customs declarations and is jammed at ports, along with the amount of rice that has been contracted until the end of this year to help enterprises not to violate the contracts, reducing losses and … [Read more...] about An Giang Province asks for permission to export rice

In Hanoi City, 11 patients under treatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, including a French patient and the 116th case, a 29-year-old doctor at the hospital who was the first front-line doctor to contract the coronavirus, were declared free of the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about 27 more patients recover from Covid-19 today

Ca Mau (VNA) - More than 43,500 ha of forest in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is at high risk of fire during the existing dry season, which began in November and will last until the end of May, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department. The province has raised its warning to the fifth level - the highest - the sub-department said, adding that areas facing the most danger are those with cajuput and acacia trees. The drought has become more severe now as many canals are running dry, making it difficult to extinguish fires. Ca Mau has prepared itself by creating a forest fire prevention plan focusing on a “four-on-the-spot” strategy, but the most challenging issue is that it does not have sufficient water reserves to fight fires, according to the head of the sub-department, Le Van Hai. Water levels in local canals now average just 0.9 meters and have fallen to 0.3 meters in some areas, Hai noted. His unit has requested forest owners and … [Read more...] about Forest fire warning in Ca Mau increased to highest level

Do Thi Phuong Mai, deputy director of the General Bacterial Infection Department at the Hanoi's National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, said treating Covid-19 patients is difficult as it is caused by a new virus strain. "We had to read many foreign documents to learn how to treat, find the drugs and their appropriate doses for Vietnamese people based on treatment regimens in foreign countries," she said. … [Read more...] about 27 more Covid-19 patients recover in Vietnam