By microencapsulation technology, the authors at Van Hien University have made the betalain more stable color extracted from the skin of the red dragon fruit, opening a new direction to develop new additive products for the food industry and medicine.

In the morning of July 12, 2023, Dong Thap Department of Science and Technology (Science and Technology) held a conference on transferring and applying research results of science and technology tasks in the third quarter of 2023. Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - Deputy Director of Department of Science and Technology presided the conference. Attending the conference, there were representatives of Dong Thap Community College, Center for High-Tech Agricultural Application, functional departments/units under the Department, units receiving research results along with more than 20 households raising frogs and zebrafish.

The project "Application of technical advances in building swiftlet house models and developing swiftlet farming in Soc Trang province" belongs to the Program to support the application and transfer of scientific and technological advances to promote socio-economic development in rural, mountainous and ethnic minority areas for the period of 2016-2025.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology has just organized a Council to accept the scientific and technological task “Research on the process of extracting calcium from egg shells; oligochitosan, an amino acid from shrimp head shells, used as a biological foliar fertilizer. This is a task led by the Southern Center for Soil, Fertilizer and Environmental Research (Institute of Soil and Agrochemicals) to increase the reuse of agricultural by-products (poultry eggshells and shrimp head shells) to create a secondary product which is foliar fertilizer for cultivation.

With a simple process that can be applied on both a small scale and an industrial scale, the MSc Tran Chi Thanh’s bamboo leaf tea production technology (Sac Moc Tinh One Member Limited Liability Company) not only brings health benefits but also aims to enhance the value of Vietnam's bamboo industry.

In the afternoon of July 18, 2023, Can Tho City Department of Science and Technology held a meeting for mid-term evaluation of the city-level S&T task "Isolation, selection and production of phytase-producing microorganisms for application in animal husbandry". The Council is chaired by Mr. Truong Hoang Phuong, Deputy Director of Can Tho city Department of Science and Technology. The study is carried by Dr. Vo Van Song. Can Tho University is the implementing unit.

In a warm sunny autumn morning, we had the opportunity to visit the farming model of crab - a specialty sold expensive by the family of Mr. Le Van Be, farmer of cluster 3, Cang Long town, Cang Long district, Tra Vinh province).

The first time hearing the strange jackfruit, the old farmer Hai Trang bought 50 jackfruit seeds to try and plant around the house. Jackfruit trees grow quickly without pests and diseases, and soon begin to bear fruit.

The eel farming model of many members, farmers of Tan Thanh A cluster, ward 2, Nga Nam town (Soc Trang province) brings economic efficiency and members voluntarily participate in the Association of Professional Farmers.

Caffeate is a derivative of caffeic acid (CADs, CA), a substance that is quite common in many plants and common foods, such as coffee beans, tea, vegetables, fruits and etc.