Deputy prime minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has ordered relevant ministries and food enterprises to buy one million tonnes of rice in the summer-autumn crop for temporary storage. According to the government, rice must be purchased from July 15 to September 15 as farmers have been grappling with difficulties to sell their rice due to falling prices. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is tasked with working with other related ministries and the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) to designate food companies to buy the already harvested rice from farmers

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Government buys one million tonnes of summer-autumn rice

Cities and provinces in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta should invest in traffic, irrigation and health when building new rural areas, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung at a meeting yesterday. Addressing the meeting, which reviewed half-yearly implementation, Hung praised the region for achievements it had made over the first six months of the year, specifically in agriculture, aquaculture, industry and attracting foreign investment

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Cuu Long Delta urged to develop

The high sugar cane prices for previous crops prompted Mekong Delta farmers to expand their cultivation of sugar cane. This year, however, they may not enjoy a sweet crop. To date, Mekong Delta farmers have cultivated some 55,000 hectares of sugar cane, an increase of 3000 hectares over the 2009-2010 crop.

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Sweet dreams of sugar profits dissolving

Provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are making an effort to implement a Government decision to provide housing and agricultural land to poor ethnic minorities but they have run into a road block: land prices are much higher than the amount of money the families get from the government. The decision seeks to ensure all disadvantaged ethnic minority families conditions have their own housing land by 2010, over 80 per cent of poor households have farmlands and stable jobs, and 50 per cent of working-age people get job training. With just a few months to go for the deadline, several of the provinces have not achieved even 50 per cent of the target

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Delta land reform falters on lack of funds

The first-ever Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Week in HCM City, which ended on Monday, offered many opportunities for local businesses in the region and city to seek partnerships. The event, held from June 10 – 14 at HCM City’s Phu Tho Stadium, is part of a larger programme organised by the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Economic Cooperation – Kien Giang 2010 (MDEC 2010) Forum.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday announced it would kick off management projects for maritime resources and valuable sea animals in line with new Government decisions. Chu Tien Vinh, deputy head of the Department of Fishery Resources Exploitation and Protection, said Viet Nam would create 16 sea and shore protected area zones between 2010 and 2015.

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Maritime protection projects begin

“SkyTeam continues to improve Delta customers’ access to some of the globe’s most important commercial and tourism destinations,” said Delta CEO Richard Anderson .  ”The addition of Vietnam ’s leading airline to SkyTeam positions our alliance as the fastest growing in Asia and builds on the planned …

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Vietnam Airlines to add more local flights Viet Nam News QUANG NINH — The second Techmart Quang Ninh, Song Hong (Red River) Delta Equipment and Technology Fair will be held on August 6 in Ha Long City in the …

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Viet Nam has the potential to become a major cocoa producer and take advantage of the current market conditions of rising prices and falling production in major producing countries, experts say. Experts said at a national cocoa conference held in Dong Nai yesterday that the country had the right climatic and soil conditions to grow good quality cocoa.

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VN has good conditions for cocoa

Official development assistance provided by the Australian Government to Viet Nam for the 2010-11 fiscal year will total about A$119.8 million (US$105 million) mainly to improve human resources, infrastructure and institutional development. A key priority of the programme is the commitment to provide 225 post-graduate scholarships as promised by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh’s visit to Australia last September.

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Australia pledges $105 million ODA