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Pepper exports expected to rebound in H2 on rising prices

Pepper exports expected to rebound in H2 on rising prices

High prices are encouraging new plantations in some countries, but these will take two or three years to have an impact on supply, Lê Việt Nam from the association said.
Hai Duong to host first-ever carrot harvest festival

Hai Duong to host first-ever carrot harvest festival

The northern province of Hai Duong will organise its first-ever carrot harvest festival in Duc Chinh Commune of Cam Giang District on Tuesday, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Quan said.
Delta farmers face fruit price decline

Delta farmers face fruit price decline

Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are suffering losses during the peak harvest season as prices of fruit have declined dramatically.
Durian shortage torments Ben Tre

Durian shortage torments Ben Tre

Though the durian harvest season is in full swing in the Mekong Cuu Long Delta Province of Ben Tre, the price of the fruit remains high since many farmers have switched to growing the fruit in the off-season.
Prices fall as fruit floods City markets

Prices fall as fruit floods City markets

With many fruits entering harvest season, large volumes of them have been making their way to HCM City in recent weeks, dragging their prices down.
Bumper Tet for watermelon farmers

Bumper Tet for watermelon farmers

Farmers who grow watermelon in Ca Mau Province’s Ca Mau City are raking in high profits because of a bumper harvest and rising prices for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday when the fruit is used on virtually every family...
Hai Duong calls for hi-tech agricultural investment

Hai Duong calls for hi-tech agricultural investment

The northern province of Hai Duong will favourable conditions and offer preferential policies for businesses investing in high-tech agriculture, post-harvest preservation, slaughterhouse construction and production chain development, provincial authorities said.
Local universities to receive sponsors for startup ecosystem projects

Local universities to receive sponsors for startup ecosystem projects

As part of plans to improve the startup ecosystem in the country, Vietnamese universities are developing student innovation and startup programmes. The universities are being sponsored by the Việt Nam-Finland Innovation Partnership Programme Phase 2 (IPP2).
Farming model increases profits, lowers emissions

Farming model increases profits, lowers emissions

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huong, a farmer in Tan Hiep District of southern Kien Giang Province, has increased her profit from rice farming by 10 per cent.
Machinery needed to cut post-harvest losses

Machinery needed to cut post-harvest losses

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, said this week that post-harvest losses in farm production were still high due to the low growth of mechanisation.
Supermarket plays white knight for shallot farmers

Supermarket plays white knight for shallot farmers

Saigon Co.op has signed agreements with farmers in Soc Trang Province to buy 100 tonnes of Vinh Chau shallot by May to help them cut losses since prices have plummeted following a bumper harvest.
High-tech agriculture fair to open in HCM City

High-tech agriculture fair to open in HCM City

High-tech agriculture fair to open in HCM City from October 22-26.
Dong Thap greenlights fish value chain project

Dong Thap greenlights fish value chain project

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Dong Thap has approved a pilot programme to develop linkages between buyers and producers of pink tilapia fish.
Mekong Delta agriculture fails to live up to potential

Mekong Delta agriculture fails to live up to potential

Thirty years of industrialisation and modernisation and some remarkable achievements notwithstanding, the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has failed to fulfil its agricultural potential, experts have said.
Local farmers reap gains of high-tech agriculture

Local farmers reap gains of high-tech agriculture

The increased use of machines in agricultural production has significantly contributed to improved productivity in agriculture, minimised post-harvest losses and raised farmers'' income.