The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai is providing free coffee seedlings and farming techniques for farmers in an effort to replace old, unproductive coffee trees.

More effective plans for natural disaster prevention are needed in the Mekong Delta, which plays an important role in the economy, but is threatened by natural disasters, climate change and landslides, Nguyễn Trường Sơn, deputy director general of the Việt Nam Disaster Management Authority, said yesterday in Cần Thơ City.

HCM City has spent several billions of đồng on building new markets to replace old or temporary structures, but several of them have been abandoned for years.

The high-tech agricultural production model is an important direction for Việt Nam’s agriculture, bringing high value to farm produce and raising the incomes of farmers, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

The Vietnam Vaccination JSC last Saturday (July 28) opened a 4,500sq.m vaccination centre in the southern province of Đồng Nai that can serve 1,500-2,000 people a day.

The Government has established plans to ensure the safety of reservoirs at the Hòa Bình and Sơn La hydroelectric plants, two of the country’s largest, said Trần Quang Hoài, standing member of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Experts have urged authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region to use cutting-edge technologies to restructure the agricultural sector in the face of climate change.

 Customs officials in HCM City discovered 40 shipments of various drugs in the first six months of 2018 and seized 54.5kg.

They call him the King of Avocado for his unrivalled knowledge of the tree, the exceptionally high quality avocado seeds he supplies and his passion for transferring his planting techniques to other farmers of the Central Highlands.