Trà Vinh to grow high-value crops on low-yield rice fields

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh plans to switch to high-value crops on more low-yield rice fields and use advanced farming techniques to improve farmers’ incomes in the next five years.

Đồng Tháp holds ceremony for first advanced rice farming project

The Đồng Tháp Province People’s Committee on Wednesday (October 14) held a ceremony to celebrate the province’s first advanced rice farming project that uses modern techniques in all production stages and uses irrigation water efficiently.

Quảng Ngãi farmers go organic Farmers in central Quảng Ngãi Province have come up with many ideas to protect their vegetable gardens from insects without using pesticides. 

Department vows to curtail use of pesticides

Hoàng Trung, director general of the Department of Plant Protection under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Nông Nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam Agriculture) newspaper about the country’s commitment to cutting the use of pesticides.

Vegetables and revenues are growing strong in Vân Hồ District

Lives in a small poor remote village of Vân Hồ District, northern mountainous Sơn La Province are showing signs of improvement after farmers switched their long-standing cultivating habits.

Đồng Tháp expands collection of hazardous agricultural waste

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has expanded the collection of empty pesticide packages and bottles used in agricultural production.

Mekong Delta district expands sweet-potato cultivation for export Đồng Tháp Province’s Châu Thành District is expanding its growing area for exports of sweet potatoes, which consistently provide high incomes for farmers.

Global partnerships needed to ensure food security amid pandemic: int’l symposium Global partnerships are needed to ensure food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic and address problems related to climate change, depleting natural resources and pollution, an international seminar on sustainable agriculture development heard in HCM City on Friday.

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.