Islands' garlic gets GI recognition The National Office of Intellectual Property of Việt Nam, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, has recognised the Geographical Indication (GI) for the Lý Sơn garlic products and more than 100 members of the Lý Sơn Garlic Association.

Trà Vinh succeeds in reducing poverty for good The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh will spend VNĐ3.56 trillion (US$157.5 million) on poverty alleviation programmes this year.

Northern mountainous region must prepare for extreme weather

Last year, 42 people were killed, 19,180 houses were damaged and 11,530 hectares of crops were submerged due to disasters.

Nghệ An Province suffers severe drought Nghệ An is reeling from severe hot weather and prolonged drought, with seven heatwaves hitting the central province since the beginning of the year.

Bến Tre seeks $10.7m for building reservoirs as water shortage looms Bến Tre Province authorities have sought VNĐ250 billion (US$10.7 million) from the Government to build reservoirs to store freshwater and avoid a shortage due to drought and saltwater intrusion in rivers.

High-tech shrimp breeding yields high profits

More farmers, co-operatives and companies in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu are seeing much higher profits by using advanced farming techniques to breed shrimp.

Sơn La to export $9 million of longan

The northwestern mountainous province of Sơn La is expected to export US$9 million of longan products this year.

New rice variety for flood and drought-prone areas

Organic agriculture project adopted The percentage of organic livestock products is expected to reach about 1-2 per cent of the total domestic livestock products

Northern region prepares for natural disasters The Việt Nam Disaster Management Authority (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) must prepare appropriate means and equipment for access to areas affected by flash floods and landslide.