Ostriches fatten up on northern Vietnam farm

24 | 08 | 2007

An ostrich farm in the northern boarder province of Cao Bang has opened new doors for animal husbandry in the mountainous region as the ostriches gain some 10kg each every month.

More rubber firms expand to Cambodia

24 | 08 | 2007

Three Vietnamese businesses have teamed up to kick-start a joint stock company that will cultivate rubber trees in Cambodia. The Phu Rieng-Karatie Joint Stock Co has a total chartered capital of 200 billion dong . The Vietnam Rubber Industry Group holds a 40% stake in the company, with the Phu Rieng Rubber Co and the Da River Corp coming in for 30% each.

WWF kicks off process for certifying pangasius aquaculture products

24 | 08 | 2007

PANGASIUS producers and buyers, as well as other stakeholders from throughout the world will meet in HCM City, Vietnam from September 26-27 to begin developing standards for certifying Pangasius aquaculture products� one of the fastest growing types of aquaculture.

Nam Viet to open 90,000 tpa seafood processing line

24 | 08 | 2007

Nam Viet Seafood Export Joint Stock Co recently announced that it invested 500 billion dong to build a seafood producer with an output of 90,000 tonnes a year in the southern province of An Giang.

92 billion VND go to offshore fishing industry information system

24 | 08 | 2007

The Ministry of Fisheries has decided to invest 92 billion VND in building an information system for the management of offshore fishing industry.

New regulation for promoting fishing activities

24 | 08 | 2007

Policies for promoting fishing activities will be carried out on a trial basis in central and southwestern coastal provinces until 2008, said Deputy Fisheries Minister Luong Le Phuong.

Golden opportunity for Vietnamese rice exporters?

24 | 08 | 2007

If the predictions made by FAO and OECD about the bright future for rice exporters become true, it would be a golden age for Vietnamese rice producers and exporters. But...

High tech farming brings safer, chemical free produce to market

24 | 08 | 2007

The high tech agriculture zone of Ha Noi Agriculture Development and Investment Co, which opened in 2003, has helped to bring what it says are "safer vegetables" to their customers

Growers must focus on quality

24 | 08 | 2007

The director of the Southern Fruit Research Institute, Nguyen Minh Chau, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about developing fruit cultivation in the Mekong Delta region

Mekong delta to expand speciality fruit growing

24 | 08 | 2007

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has named nine kinds of speciality fruits in the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta region in its project of developing speciality fruits from now to 2010, the Southern Fruit Research institute said.