Banana farmers happy as prices, demand surge ahead of Tết Farmers who grow xiêm banana in Kiên Giang Province’s U Minh Thượng District have earned big incomes since both prices and demand for it have been high since August last year.

Forest worker inspires people to love the wild

Nguyễn Tấn Truyền is among those working in Vồ Dơi National Park in southern Cà Mau Province’s U Minh District, who are trained to understand the value of primeval forests for human life on Earth.

Marine Stewardship Council: Assortment of top chefs combine for sustainable seafood cookbook Marine Stewardship Council: Assortment of top chefs combine for sustainable seafood cookbook

Plastic pollution in coastal area: reported Microplastics contamination at beaches, lakes and channels in the central city reached serious levels with100 plastic items found in one cubic metre – up to five times higher than the average microplastic contaminated sites in the world.

Efforts made to reduce plastic waste in oceans

Great strides have been made in the past to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean around Việt Nam, but more effort is needed to tackle the growing problem. 

Bạc Liêu should focus on hi-tech shrimp farming: deputy minister

The southern province of Bạc Liêu should focus on super intensive, high-tech shrimp farming to become the nation’s shrimp hub, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến has said.

Vietnamese scientist in Japan discovers invasive plant’s health benefits

A research group led by Assoc. Prof. Trần Đăng Xuân at Japan’s Hiroshima University recently published a study on the potential use of a grass species scientifically known as Andropogon virginicus.

Central province promotes Sông Thanh National Park The central province has promoted the Sông Thanh Nature Reserve as a National Park for the conservation of its rich biodiversity covering nearly 77,000 hectares, of which more than 58,000 was tropical, evergreen primary forest in districts of Nam Giang and Phước Sơn.

Entrepreneur strikes medicinal plant gold Lý Tà Dèn is on a mission to carry out sustainable planting and collection of natural medicinal herbs for processing into products to serve visitors to Đồng Văn rocky plateau.

Sóc Trăng shrimp farming area to remain unchanged in 2021

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng plans to breed brackish water shrimp species in more than 51,000ha of ponds next year, the same as this year.