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Agriculture
Higher farm mechanisation rate targeted
Equipping farms with equipment equal to at least 2hp per hectare by 2015 is among the measures recommended by experts at a meeting held in the city of the Mekong delta city of Can Tho to discuss the Government's ambitious mechanisation plan.
Tien Giang festival to promote fruit
The first ever national fruit festival will be held in southern Tien Giang province from April 19 to 24, authorities from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province told the media in HCM City yesterday.
Agricultural exports rise by 16% in January
Viet Nam earned US$1.16 billion from agro-forestry and seafood exports in January, a rise of 16 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Local flowers may dominate world
Da Lat City s flowers industry could dominate the world market within a decade with the right management, an expert told a recent conference in Da Lat.
22 million farmers to get free skills training
More than 22 million farmers across the country will be offered the opportunity to attend free training courses to improve their farming skills from the beginning of March, according to a recent decree approved by the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Agricultural sector sets higher targets
The agriculture sector should review its plans to improve productivity and quality of agricultural products of high economic value and apply technological solutions more effectively in agricultural production, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Delta farmers get boost in technology
Extensive use of technology in agriculture has helped the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region increase yields.
Vietfood buys additional 500,000 tonnes of rice
Members of the Vietnam Food Association (Vietfood) on September 9 began to buy an additional 500,000 tonnes of rice in the Mekong Delta region to deal with the current decline in rice prices.
Resettled villagers destroy protected trees
Resettled villagers in Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands have destroyed 13ha of protected forest in Sa Thay District, neighbouring Kon Tum Province, over the last few months because of a shortage of arable land.
PM asks southernmost province to tap agricultural potential
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the southernmost province of Ca Mau to develop shrimp farming on the industrial scale on at least 20,000 hectares of water surface to tap its fishery potential.

 Higher farm mechanisation rate targeted (23/02)
 Tien Giang festival to promote fruit (09/02)
 Agricultural exports rise by 16% in January (01/02)
 Local flowers may dominate world (25/01)
 22 million farmers to get free skills training (18/01)
 Agricultural sector sets higher targets (16/01)
 Delta farmers get boost in technology (04/01)
 Vietfood buys additional 500,000 tonnes of rice (11/09)
 Resettled villagers destroy protected trees (18/08)
 PM asks southernmost province to tap agricultural potential (18/08)
 Agriculture gets high-tech twist (15/08)
 Delta farmers face bleak prospects as floods submerge rice paddies (13/08)
 Farmers contribute to pangasius farming standards (05/08)
 Better rice seeds mean higher yields (29/07)
 Help wanted (23/07)
 Experts suggest more fruit cultivation (21/07)
 Better rice seeds mean higher yields (18/07)
 Farmers left in lurch as tra fish enterprises find new supplies (11/07)
 ADB funds quality enhancement of agricultural products and biogas development (04/07)
 Bumper crop (30/06)
 Farmers share in forest profits (27/06)
 High goals set for cacao farming (18/06)
 Agriculture bio-tech boost in the works (16/06)
 Coping with climate change: top priority of agricultural sector (29/05)
 RoK agricultural office opens (11/05)
 Party leader puts emphasis on agriculture in hill province (05/05)
 70 trillion VND needed for upgrading sea dyke system (18/04)
 Government eyes stimulus package to boost agriculture (08/04)
 Finland helps localities cope with climate change (07/04)
 New forests help ease poverty (11/03)
 Shrimp farmers go organic (07/03)
 VN agriculture needs skilled workers (09/02)
 Food security plan aims to end hunger by 2012 (06/02)
 2008 sees comprehensive development in agriculture (03/02)
 Farmers desperate for economic information (17/11)
 Biogas projects get more fuel to help farmers (10/11)
 Cassava price hit after factory fire (08/11)
 Agricultural waste brings wealth (22/10)
 Farmers need more market information (20/10)
 Viet Nam needs to instill greener farming practices (17/10)
 Lam Dong Province to plant new trees for old (17/10)
 Northwest urged to do more to boost agriculture (14/10)
 Mekong Delta farmers face land shortage (14/10)
 Farmers raise more whiteleg shrimp (13/10)
 Ministry approves plan to cultivate key export crops (13/10)
 Agriculture crucial to national growth (01/06)
 Which direction is agriculture going? (27/05)
 Agriculture ensures social security (17/05)
 Agriculture, aquaculture sectors look to overcome financial woes (12/05)
 PM asks authorities to protect farmlands (21/04)