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Vietnamese coffee takes revolutionary stand in the heart of Belfast Two brothers bring a piece of Vietnamese coffee culture to their hometown and adapt it to the local market. The rise of social network retailers in Vietnam While online retailers are forced to accept million-dollar losses to gain market share, informal Facebook retailers are striking it rich. Watch Saigonese brave the elements during weekend downpour Torrential rain flooded the streets on Saturday night, paralyzing traffic and forcing residents to wade their way back home. V-pop star signs deal with top Korean music platform, praised across Asia The prince of V-pop continues his impressive run after breaking YouTube record. Chinese ships were 'invading' Vietnamese waters: top defense official The act was to back China's nine-dash line which claims most of the South China Sea as its own, the official said. Vietnamese cruise ship suspended after Australian tourist reports 'horrific' service A woman … [Read more...] about Weekly roundup: Vietnamese coffee in Belfast, territorial tensions, weekend downpour, and more

Farmers tend dragon fruit in Tien Giang Province’s Tan Phuoc District. (Photo: VNA) Tien Giang (VNS/VNA) - Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have begun harvesting off-season dragon fruit, earning high incomes. In recent years, farmers have been using advanced farming techniques to grow off-season dragon fruit to avoid an oversupply during the main harvest season. The off-season is normally between December and March, with harvests three to four times a year. Sau Long, who has a 1.1ha red-flesh dragon fruit orchard in Cho Gao district, had a yield of one tonne of dragon fruit in the first off-season harvest and sold the crop for 28 million VND (1,200 USD). Traders have bought red-flesh dragon fruit for 28,000 VND a kilogramme, up 6,000 VND compared to last month.    Tran Van Chon in Cho Gao’s Trung Hoa commune said he would harvest nearly two tonnes of off-season … [Read more...] about Off-season dragon fruit fetches high price for Tien Giang farmers

Tourists explore the Tra Su Cajuput Forest in a motorboat.  Situated in Tinh Bien District, about 20 km south of Chau Doc Town, the capital of An Giang Province, the 800-hectare forest is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Mekong Delta region. Tra Su is a typical cajuput forest on the western part of the Hau River, a tributary of the Mekong. Waterways that cut through a forest of green melaleuca (cajeput) trees are a great way to reconnect with nature, breathing in fresh hair and listening to the sound of chirping birds, a world away from the noise of bustle of cities. Symbiotic ferns grow on cajeput trees. The Tra Su forest is home to about 140 plant species, but the dominant growth is of cajeput trees. The most suitable time of the year to visit the forest is during the lotus season, from June to September, and the flooding season, from October to November. In the Mekong Delta, cajeput … [Read more...] about Get into the flow in a Mekong Delta cajuput forest

Binh Phuoc Province has 16,000 hectares of coffee trees, concentrating in Bu Dang, Bu Gia Map and Dong Phu districts. Unlike Central Highlands provinces, coffee trees in Binh Phuoc were grown sparsely in many places. At this time, most coffee fields are entering harvest season with higher productivity than previous year. However, the price of fresh coffee was merely VND6,000 per kilogram and the price of coffee bean was around VND30,000-VND32,000 per kilogram, the lowest level in the past ten years. Mr. Le Van Tan, a farmer with 13 years of experience in growing coffee in Tho Son Commune in Bu Dang District, said that his family has more than 1.7 hectares of coffee trees. Last year, his coffee fields yielded more than 5 tons of coffee bean which was sold above VND37,000 per kilogram. He is confident that productivity will be more than 7 tons of coffee bean this year but as the price of coffee is only VND32,000 per kilogram, his family is anxious. In more than a dozen years of growing … [Read more...] about Low coffee prices upset farmers in spite of bumper crop

Reburial service held for remains of fallen soldiers in Laos (Source: VNA) Dien Bien (VNA) – A ceremony was held at Tong Khao cemetery in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien to rebury remains of 12 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts who died for international missions in six northern Lao provinces. Eleven sets of remains were found in two mass graves in Oudomxay province’s Nga district, while the remaining was uncovered in Ngoi district of Luang Prabang province. They were found by the Military Zone 2’s searching team during the 2018-2019 dry season. In the period, the team has discovered and brought home remains of 42 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in six northern Lao provinces of Oudomxay, Phongsaly, Sainyabuli, Luang Prabang, Luang Namtha and Bokeo. Established in 1994, the team has so far found and repatriated over 1,730 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs.-VNA VNA … [Read more...] about Dien Bien: reburial service held for remains of fallen soldiers in Laos