Cà Mau co-operatives see higher incomes, stable prices

The number of farmers' cooperatives that have effective operations has increased as a result of support policies from Cà Mau Province in the Mekong Delta.

Careful planning needed for rice crop: expert Lê Thanh Tùng, deputy head of the Department of Plant Cultivation, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Nông Nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam Agriculture) newspaper on the need to develop a long-term plan to cope with drought in the south-central region

Pomelo grower makes his own fertilising, watering equipment Nguyễn Văn Cơ, 62, of Thường Tân Commune, the southern province of Bình Dương, has made equipment that combines fertilising, spraying pesticides and watering to cultivate 800 pomelo trees in his garden.

Gia Lai to have $44m hi-tech agricultural zone A 100-ha hi-tech agricultural zone is scheduled to be built in the central highlands province of Gia Lai to develop breeding pigs and produce organic cattle feed and fertiliser.

Rice farms in Đồng Tháp fully mechanised

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp are using agricultural machines for all rice cultivation processes on nearly 100 per cent of rice farms. 

VN-Index advances on fertiliser, mid-cap stocks The petrochemicals and plastics sector index was up 2.1 per cent, the highest among 25 sectors

Farmers earn high income from VietGAP-quality grapefruit

Cultivation of green - skin and pink - flesh grapefruit under Vietnamese good agricultural practices (VietGAP) standards has helped farmers in Lương Hòa Commune in Trà Vinh Province’s Châu Thành District improve income and have stable outlets. 

Unfertilised soil used to grow lotus

Farmers across Việt Nam have found lotus a profitable alternative crop for rice, especially when their land is unfertilised.

Tracing waste a new approach for communities

A project aims to help local people earn by thoroughly sorting and treating waste.

Central province to use drones in rice farming

The central province and the Lộc Trời Group have launched the use of drones in agriculture production – the first step in boosting hi-tech farming and joining the global farm produce supply chain in the near future.