Ninh Thuận Province struggles to feed livestock

Farmers in the south - central province of Ninh Thuận are struggling to find natural food and water for their animals as prolonged hot weather causes pasture lands to dried up.

Water drainage system becomes useless after completing construction

A drainage system that cost VNĐ258 billion (US$11.1 million) has been in operation for only 72 hours since it was built in Phú Thọ Province in 2016.

Crop restructuring will help farmers avoid losses

Nguyễn Hữu Thiện, an independent expert on Ecology in the Mekong Delta talks to the newspaper Nhân Dân (The People) on causes leading to the problem of severe salty-water intrusion in the Mekong delta region and measures on how to cope with it, in both short and long terms

Farmers earn high incomes from pineapple, shrimp and rice cultivation on same field

Farmers are seeing higher incomes from using the same field to grow pineapple and rice and breed shrimp in Kiên Giang Province’s Gò Quao District.

Brexit negotiator says Britain will make own rules Britain will not accept supervision from the European Union as part of a free trade deal after Brexit, its chief negotiator said on Monday.

Northern farmers turn to high tech agriculture

Underdeveloped northern provinces were embracing high technology to make breakthroughs in farming productivity in hopes of lifting locals – mostly of ethnic minorities – out of poverty.

Sugarcane no longer sweet for Mekong Delta’s largest producer

Hậu Giang Province, the largest sugarcane producer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, is growing less and less of the crop as prices fall sharply.

Việt Nam needs to find new rice markets to replace China: experts

Since the new coronavirus epidemic will surely affect exports to China, diversifying markets is an urgent requirement for Vietnamese rice exporters, experts have said.

Mekong Delta sets up public tap water faucets as saline intrusion peaks

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is taking steps to ensure sufficient fresh water supply for household use and agricultural production in areas affected by saltwater intrusion and drought.

Bình Phước farmers have good cashew harvest

Farmers in Bình Phước Province have begun to harvest their cashew crop, and yields are higher than last year because of favourable weather and the efforts of authorities and farmers to prevent diseases.