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Spraying chemicals to prevent the disease (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Veterinary experts from the Netherlands shared experience in preventing African swine fever during a roundtable discussion held in Hanoi on August 21. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said as of early 2019, Vietnam had about 32 million pigs, the biggest number in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and second in Asia. Pig breeding has gradually formed value chains. However, the industry is facing many risks from diseases, especially African swine fever. Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Elsbeth Akkerman said in the past, outbreaks of African swine fever had also appeared in the Netherlands, but the country was able to curb the disease in a short span of time. Dutch veterinary experts shared experience in the field such as building disease safety zones and using veterinary medicine to control the disease. They also recommended measures to increase the value chain … [Read more...] about Netherlands shares experience in preventing African swine fever

At the ceremony (Photo: baonghean.vn) Nghe An (VNA) – President Ho Chi Minh’s 50th death anniversary was commemorated at a ceremony held at the Kim Lien national special relic site in Nam Dan district, central Nghe An province on August 21 (the 21st day of the 7th lunar month).   The event gathered provincial officials, members of the President’s paternal and maternal families (Nguyen Sinh and Hoang Xuan), and local residents. It also saw the attendance of a delegation from the Cuban Committee for the Defence of the Revolution, headed by its President Carlos Rafael Miranda Martinez. The Kim Lien relic site preserves the house where Ho Chi Minh was born as Nguyen Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890, and lived in the early years of his life. The late President led the nation to success in the struggle for national independence and in establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam following the August Revolution in 1945. He passed away on September 2, 1969 (the 21st … [Read more...] about Nghe An commemorates Uncle Ho’s 50th death anniversary

Illustrative image (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA) - VCCorp has informed that the pilot version of its “Lotus” social network will officially be launched on September 16. The project has been developed by over 200 technical engineers of the firm, who are working in various fields of mobile application, artificial intelligence (AI), and Big Data. The social networking project was established, invested and implemented by VCCorp, with the participation of domestic companies and individuals. Designed by a group of user-experience experts, Lotus is a social network that goes in a different direction with the content as its focus, thus creating an effective platform to support content creators and individuals to create better contents for users. It will be made public in two forms on the website at http://lotus.vn, and mobile app.-VNA … [Read more...] about Made-in-Vietnam social network Lotus to make debut

Some supermarkets are slow to encourage non-plastic methods of packaging goods Photo: Shutterstock Entering a Lai Day Refill Station, a zero-waste store in Ho Chi Minh City, VIR reporters were taken aback by the sheer amount of eco-friendly goodies lining the shelves, such as bamboo and stainless steel straws, organic soaps, reusable silicon bags to store food, tumblers, and much more. The packaging used at the store is also eco-friendly, using paper to pack products instead of nylon or plastic packaging like other stores. “This is our second store after eight months of opening the first one in District 2,” Nguyen Da Quyen, co-founder of Lai Day Refill Station, told VIR. “Our stores also allow customers to refill all kinds of liquid and wax products like shampoo and candles using their own containers. This way customers can avoid using plastic bottles or nylon packaging to preserve products.” This is one of many such stores recently popping up across Vietnam … [Read more...] about Uncertain results in eco friendly push

A stretch of the western dyke system is temporarily reinforced in Tran Van Thoi district of Ca Mau province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The southernmost province of Ca Mau is prompting actions in response to the serious erosion along the dyke system in its western sea area. Local authorities reported that there have been 21 erosion sites along 30,260 metres of the western sea dyke system in U Minh and Tran Van Thoi districts. It is worrying that in early August, due to torrential rains and big waves following Storm Wipha, sea water spilled over dykes, leading to even more severe erosion along the local western coast that may cause dyke breaching at any time. In that case, about 26,160 households and 90,000ha of farmland could be directly affected, authorities said. Facing this fact, the Ca Mau People’s Committee has declared a state of emergency due to erosion along the western dyke system so as to mobilise every resource for dyke reinforcement. The province is also … [Read more...] about Ca Mau takes prompt actions against dyke erosion

Trieu Le Khanh, Vice Chairwoman of the VFF HCM City, speaks a press conference on the art show (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City and the municipal television HTV will co-organise a music show on August 29 to raise funds for the national sea and islands foundation. The programme, broadcast live on the local TV, will inform the audience on outcomes of the fund’s operation last year and in the first eight months of 2019. Songs and dances praising the sea, islands, and patriotism will be staged by artists who recently visited the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and other islands to the southwest of the mainland and by those from the border and coast guard forces. An exchange with border and naval soldiers and fishermen will also be broadcast. Trieu Le Khanh, Vice Chairwoman of the VFF HCM City, said the fund has set the target of raising 30 billion VND (1.29 million USD) for the benefit of officers, soldiers … [Read more...] about HCM City art show raises fund for national seas, islands

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the meeting to review local poverty reduction support programmes on August 20 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi is striving to have no households living under the poverty line by the end of this year. At a meeting to review local programmes supporting the poverty reduction held on August 20, Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Khuat Van Thanh said the city lifted nearly 52,000 households out of poverty between 2016 and 2018, bringing the local household poverty rate down to 1.16 percent. Last year, it completed the housing support programme for poor families, with 4,166 households assisted to build or repair houses, turning Hanoi into the first locality nationwide to have no households facing housing difficulties. So far, the districts of Ba Dinh, Cau Giay, Hoan Kiem, Tay Ho and Thanh Xuan have seen no poor households. Thanh noted to realise the Prime … [Read more...] about Hanoi to have no poor households by year’s end

A corner of Can Tho city (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – A visiting delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture had a working session with Can Tho’s authorities in the Mekong Delta city on August 20 to look at possibilities of bilateral collaboration across fields. Leading the delegation, Matsubara Kazuki, from Hiroshima’s international trade division, took note of Can Tho’s position as a key agricultural hub of the delta and the country. He, however, said the delegation found that the prices of local agricultural products have yet to meet expectation, and the city is facing difficulties in terms of prices of farm produce and export to demanding markets, including Japan. The root of the problem lies in limited capacity in preservation and processing technology. The Hiroshima delegation suggested ODA projects on transferring agricultural preservation-processing-distribution technologies to Can Tho, and on organising training courses for Can Tho … [Read more...] about Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture endorses cooperation with Can Tho

At the event (Photo: VNA) Tien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 20 presented certificates of merit to nine fishermen in Go Cong town for saving 22 Philippine sailors who met an accident at sea. The nine are crewmembers of TG 90983TS board owned by Ngo Van Theng in My Xuan hamlet, Tan Trung commune, Go Cong town. On the night of June 10, while operating in the Vietnamese waters, the Vietnamese fishermen spotted two Philippine sailors in a small boat asking for help. After taking the two sailors on board, Captain of the Vietnamese fishing vessel Nguyen Thanh Tam navigated to the location of the distressed ship and saved the rest 20 fishermen. The Vietnamese vessel then broadcast a message to other Philippine fishing boats in the area to take over their fellowmen and bring them home. After handing over the Philippine sailors to a Philippine vessel operating nearby, ship TS 90983TS continued fishing and returned to shore on August 18. Addressing … [Read more...] about Vietnamese fishermen awarded for saving Philippine sailors

An aircraft of Vietjet Air (Photo: Vietjet Air)   HCM City (VNA) – Budget carrier Vietjet is selling thousands of super-saving tickets from August 20-22 in order to celebrate its two newest international routes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to New Delhi, India. The promotional tickets, priced from 0 VND, are up for grabs at the website www.vietjetair.com & Vietjet Air mobile app. The flight period is from December 6, 2019 to March 28, 2020. The HCM City-New Delhi route will operate 4 return flights per week on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting from December 6, 2019. The flight departs from HCM City at 19:00 and arrives in New Delhi at 22:50. The return flight takes off from New Delhi at 23:50 and lands in HCM City at 06:10 (all in local time). The Hanoi-New Delhi route will operate 3 return flights per week on every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday starting from December 7, 2019. The flight departs from Hanoi at 19:10 and arrives in New Delhi at … [Read more...] about Vietjet offers thousands of super-saving tickets