More than 40 coffee businesses and dealers in the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong have recently fallen into debts and losses, and some have even gone bankrupt, due to the unexpected slumps in coffee prices.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to finalise and submit a plan for hi-tech agricultural zones to the Government for approval in June, said deputy minister Bui Ba Bong.

Hundreds of fishermen in Loc Binh commune of Phu Loc district of Thua Thien - Hue province, have left the lagoons for other places to earn their living, because of the sedimentation at the Tu Dung estuary, while the water is getting fresh but has killed aquatic creatures.

Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules that are inherited from parent trees. Research by scientists at the University of Texas has great significance for agriculture and an understanding of plant evolution.

HA NOI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to finalise and submit a plan for hi-tech agricultural zones to the Government for approval in June, said deputy minister Bui Ba Bong.

Vietnam’s weak plant and animal breeding industry has left the country with no choice but to spend a lot of money importing seeds and breeding stock, which will impair the future growth of the country’s entire agricultural sector, experts say.

HA NOI — Improved farming practices, especially in rice cultivation, would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and provide economic benefits for rural farmers in Viet Nam through participation in a carbon-credit programme, according to international experts.

The agricultural sector of Vietnam is now playing a particularly important role in ensuring food security, creating jobs and income for 70% of the population of the country, and is a decisive factor for poverty reduction and contribution to national economic development as well as social and political stability

Mr Le An Hai – Vietnamese trade counselors in Korea - said Lotte Group is working with the Vietnam Trade Office in Korea to search for Vietnam’s vegetable suppliers.

Farmers in Can Tho City have increased their profits by VND4.8 million to VND5.3 million per ha in the last winter-spring rice crop under the large-scale cultivation model, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.