Mekong delta

Farmers harvest sugarcane in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. The Thanh Thanh Cong Group expects to export over 300,000 tons of sugar in the 2020-2021 season - PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH CAN THO - Major sugar producer Thanh Thanh Cong (TTC) Group has set a target to export more than 300,000 tons of sugar in the 2020-2021 season, which will be a new record for Vietnam’s sugar sector. … [Read more...] about TTC expects to export over 300,000 tons of sugar in 2020-2021 season

He congratulated Saysomphone Phomvihane on being re-elected as a Politburo member of the LPRP (11th tenure) and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the new Politburo and the LPRP Central Committee, the Lao people will reap even greater achievements in the process of national construction and defence and successfully realise goals and political tasks set by the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the LPRP. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

Other issues Deputy Huệ also delivered a report on the economy in the first five-months of 2018, affirming that the overall trend of positive growth is continuing and the macro-economy remains stable, with a strong US$3.4 billion export-import surplus, a 9.8 per cent increase in foreign direct investment and stable growth in all sectors. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM fields lawmakers’ concerns on SEZs, cryptocurrency: NA

He said the authorities in the district, the department and companies had piloted an organic dragon fruit model in Thanh Phu Long, Phu Ngai Tri and Duong Xuan Hoi communes that turned out to be highly efficient. Nguyen Ngoc Tai, who cultivates 520 organic dragon fruit plants in Duong Xuan Hoi commune, said the model does not use chemicals and pesticides, and produces a high yield. Sale of organic dragon fruit is guaranteed for prices 10 percent higher than the market price, he said. Chau Thanh, which has the largest dragon fruit growing area in Long An, has more than 9,000ha of dragon fruit. Nguyen Quoc Trịnh, Chairman of the Long An Dragon Fruit Association, said that localities should encourage farmers to expand the pilot models, which will help increase both yield and quality, and open up possibilities for exporting to demanding markets. Long An, the country’s second-largest dragon fruit producer, after only the … [Read more...] about Long An expands organic dragon fruit cultivation