Coffee farmers fall short of tree replacement target

Đắk Lắk Province, the country largest coffee producer, planned to replace 4,259 ha of old coffee trees with new ones in the rainy season,  but farmers have reached only 50 per cent of the target, mostly due to lower prices for coffee beans, according to Việt Nam News Agency.

Official detained for property appropriation

 Hà Nội police have detained deputy chairman of the Việt Nam Agricultural Economic Science and Rural Development Association Lê Minh Tiến for property appropriation.

Social security needs to change ahead of the Industry 4.0

Social security mechanism and regulations will have to be changed since the fourth industrial revolution and free movement of labour have led to new kinds of jobs and ways of working, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has said.

Workshop held for Lao hydropower plant

The Mekong River Commission organised a consultation workshop in HCM City yesterday for the Pak Lay hydropower project proposed on the Mekong’s mainstream in Xayaburi Province in north-western Laos.

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