Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu to reduce poverty to 0.5 per cent by 2025

The southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu plans to reduce its poverty rate to 0.5 per cent under national poverty standards by 2025.

Free plant shop for tree lovers in HCM City Tree lovers in HCM City can now visit zero đồng shops in Bình Tân and Tân Phú districts to pick up plant pots and seeds for free.

Tiền Giang shifts to high-value crops to adapt to climate change

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang plans to turn 7,700ha of unproductive rice fields into high-value crops to adapt to climate change and natural disasters in the 2020 - 25 period.

Việt Nam needs to promote brand building for rice exports

While 2020 has been a successful year for Vietnamese rice exports, more must be done to accelerate the development of the national rice brand, experts have said.

Broken rice is the flavour of the south The dish is now available nationwide, but the taste of a plate of broken rice with grilled pork chops, shredded pork skin and steamed egg custard is best in the south, particularly in HCM City.

Typhoon Krovanh weakens, hoarfrost appears on Fansipan Mountain Typhoon Krovanh – the 14th tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year – weakened into a tropical low-pressure system yesterday morning.

Local firms ready to fully tap into advantages of RCEP The long-awaited trade deal - the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for ASEAN and partners was signed in November. RCEP has given Việt Nam and other ASEAN countries opportunities and challenges. Ms. Nguyễn Thị Trà My, vice chairwoman and CEO of The PAN Group – a Vietnamese agriculture and food company talks about the issue.

Sustainable agriculture projects raises farmers’ profits and production

More than 800,000 farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have benefited from the Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation (VnSAT) project, which has helped increase their annual income and production.

Local businesses adopt new working methods amid pandemic

Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of companies in various sectors have adopted “flexible-thinking and innovative changes” to survive the effects of the pandemic.

Lotus key in boosting Đồng Tháp tourism

Đồng Tháp has adopted the lotus flower as a symbol of its tourism sector. Its breathtaking natural landscapes and distinctive cultural and historical treasures have proven to be ideal for the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp to develop a host of appealing tourism products, especially those relating to lotus flowers.