20 farrmer households in Ba Tri commune, Ben Tre province receiving funding support from "Empowering the farmers" 2020-2022 of GREENFEED Launched in 2010 with the goal of improving the livelihood of rural families, Tiep Suc Nha Nong, a part of Vi Ngay Mai Phat Trien (For Tomorrow's Development) programme by Tuoi Tre newspaper, was initiated by GREENFEED and Tuoi Tre. The programme has been providing interest-free loans and husbandry trainings for more than 2,000 farmer’s households in 16 provinces and cities across the country. The programme fund has exceeded VND50 billion ($2.17 million), with 93 per cent of households successfully returning the initial loan. … [Read more...] about GREENFEED continues 10-year journey of “Empowering the farmers” programme
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ASEAN leader complements Vietnam’s success in ASEAN Chair Year
Jakarta (VNA) – ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi has lauded Vietnam’s leadership and persistence in leading the ASEAN in building the ASEAN Community, and especially in promoting the grouping’s joint efforts in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about ASEAN leader complements Vietnam’s success in ASEAN Chair Year
VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 15
Earlier this month, the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) downgraded Thailand’s economic outlook, with only 1.5-3.5 percent growth this year if the government fail to control the new wave of COVID-19 in three months. JSCCIB predicted that the country’s exports will expand by 3-5 percent this year, down from the previous estimate of 4-6 percent expansion, following the new outbreak./. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 15
Young doctor pursues nuclear medicine to improve cancer treatment
One of the findings of the study, co-authored with his colleagues and under the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, is that the dedicated head and neck 18F-FDG PET/CT protocol was useful for the detection and localisation of recurrent and/or metastatic lesions in surveyed patients. This study won first prize at a medical competition in Hà Nội. … [Read more...] about Young doctor pursues nuclear medicine to improve cancer treatment
Pork market for Tet holidays: plentiful supply, unstable prices
Many pig-farming households in Chau Thanh District in Tien Giang Province said that at present, the price of live pigs bought by traders is not high, so some households will keep their pigs till near the Lunar New Year to sell. According to Nguyen Van Cuong, a local pig-farming household, the price of porkers weighed at the barn was VND8 million per quintal, while traders sold porkers at about VND8.5 million per quintal. This price level is still profitable for pig farmers. However, compared to the previous year, this price is about VND500,000 per quintal lower. Therefore, his family still holds their pigs to wait until the price is high, then they will sell. In Dong Thap, Mr. Bach Tuan Kiet, Head of the Department of Disease Control under the Department of Livestock Production, Veterinary, and Fisheries of Dong Thap Province, said that the total pig herd in the province was more than 71,000 pigs in October last year. The provincial authorities have actively implemented detoxification … [Read more...] about Pork market for Tet holidays: plentiful supply, unstable prices