Kiên Giang develops rice co-operative – company links to ensure demand, supply

Kiên Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, has taken measures to strengthen co-operation between co-operatives and companies involved in rice production to improve the quality and value of the grain, and thus farmers’ incomes.

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.

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. 

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.

Hà Nội in the front line on curtailing the use of pesticide Nguyễn Mạnh Phương, director of the Hà Nội Department of Plant Production and Protection gives an interview on the city’s plan  to curtail the use of pesticide in the agriculture production

Việt Nam to adopt pesticide-free agricultural model: experts Việt Nam needs to shift from the use of conventional pesticides to biopesticides to “better manage weed growth, maintain a high agricultural yield, avoid resistant species, protect soil biodiversity and erosion, and reduce green-house emissions,” according to experts.

Farmers in "occupation groups" improve incomes

A "farmer occupation group model" in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu has helped farmers improve income and develop sustainable agricultural production.

Việt Nam on high alert for locust swarms

Once breaking out, the plague would present a direct threat to agriculture in Southeast Asian countries, especially Việt Nam. 

Kiên Giang rice farmers switch to guava for better income

Many farmers in Kiên Giang Province’s Tân Hiệp District have begun to earn steady incomes after turning unproductive rice fields into guava orchards.

Construction engineer pours efforts into organic coffee

Engineer Lê Văn Vương, from the central highlands province of Đắk Lắk – Việt Nam's largest cultivation area – has long been searching for a project to help him create his own coffee brand for his hometown.