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    Việt Nam saw a slight decrease in the export value of fruit and vegetables during the first 11 months this year. Photo vietnambiz.vn     HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam's fruit and vegetable exports dropped 0.6 per cent year-on-year to US$3.5 billion in the first 11 months this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The drop was attributed to falling earnings from dragon fruit, which accounted for 31 per cent of total fruit exports, (down 9 per cent), durian (down 17.4 per cent), coconut (down 35 per cent), longan (down 56 per cent) and watermelon (down 26.4 per cent). MARD’s Agricultural Products Processing and Market Development Department said the strong decrease in exports to China, which accounted for 66.8 per cent of all fruit and vegetable exports, was also a reason behind the fall. The rise in exports to the US, the European Union, Japan and the Republic of Korea was not … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable export value falls in 11 months

  A coconut orchard in Phong Nẫm Commune in Bến Tre Province’s Giồng Trôm District. – VNA/VNS Photo Công Trí BẾN TRE — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre is focusing on building value chains for its key agricultural products to meet domestic and export demand. The products are coconut, green peel and pink flesh grapefruit, rambutan, longan, ornamental plants and flowers, pigs, cows, and shrimp. The province is the delta’s largest coconut and green peel and pink flesh grapefruit producer. It has more than 28,000ha under fruits and an annual output of more than 300,000 tonnes and nearly 71,000ha of coconut, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Huỳnh Quang Đức, deputy director of the department, said efficient value chains had been developed for coconuts, green peel and pink flesh grapefruit and longan. The province has 98 co-operative … [Read more...] about Bến Tre develops value chains for key agricultural products

In the 2021-2030 period, Vietnam aims to prevent pollution and environmental degradation, and gradually improve environmental quality. The national environment protection strategy by 2020 with the vision until 2030 was approved by the Prime Minister in September 2012. After seven years of implementation, the picture of Vietnam’s environment has many bright parts with the environment considered one of three important pillars of sustainable development. Nguyen Trung Thang, deputy director of the National Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment Regarding clean water supply, 86 percent of population now can access clean water, higher than the 80 percent in 2010. The proportion of rural population that can be provided with hygienic water has reached 94.84 percent, higher than the 79 percent in 2010. Regarding clean water supply, 86 percent of population now can access clean water, higher than the 80 percent in 2010. The proportion of rural … [Read more...] about Creating a decade of sustainable environment