A family treat that nutures generations to come

Mr. Bùi Ngọc Thái puts on his plastic gloves and carefully mixes the thin layers of lean pork meat, lard and skin with some salt, MSG and thính, the golden roast rice grounded into a brownish powder. The pleasant fragrance of thính started to fill the room.

Households forced to evacuate from Điện Biên water power plant area

All households living in the reservoir of Nậm Núa Hydro-power Plant in northern mountain Điện Biên Province will be forced to evacuate from the area to ensure their safety and the operation of the plant, local authorities have said.

State to clean up insecticide leaks A programme to curb pollution from insecticide residues by targeting 100 hot spots throughout the nation will cost VND1.01 trillion (US$48.4 million).

Industrial zones prove their worth Industrial zones (IZs), export processing zones (EPZs) and economic zones (EZs) have contributed to building modern industrial-urban areas, modernising infrastructure systems, creating jobs, developing a skilled and qualified workforce and providing a facelift to rural areas.

Farmers cope with the delta blues Mekong Delta farmers have grown up riding the wave of international integration, but at times it has proven to be too wild, Ngoc Le investigates.

Polluting Taiwanese firm offers farmers $1.1m in compensation Taiwanese monosodium glutamate producer Vedan in southern Dong Nai Province has proposed compensating US$1.1 million to local farmers for their cultivating land damaged by its untreated waste water.

Baskets woven from water weeds give villagers a little extra income A handicraft workshop has provided extra jobs for people in the coastal area of Hau Loc in central Thanh Hoa Province thanks to the enterprising efforts of one ex-military serviceman.

Rural women blaze trail to prosperity Overcoming poverty and challenges posed by life, the women from a rural commune of Bac Giang northern province have laboured to prosper from family farming.