Imports undercut sugar mills
January 23, 2013 | 14:22
Sugar producers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are losing huge profits to illegal imports of Thai sugar, which is being sold at VND500,000 ($24) a tonne lower than domestically produced sugar.
Plan promotes “sustainable dairy”
January 03, 2013 | 10:05
With Vietnam’s dairy industry only able to satisfy 25 per cent of domestic demand for milk products, local authorities are working with the Netherlands-backed FrieslandCampina Vietnam to develop a “sustainable dairy farming area” as urbanisation threatens the industry.
A fruity end to agricultural produce manipulators
September 06, 2012 | 11:24
Foreign traders manipulating the agricultural produce market are under the microscope.
Bianfishco pledges to pay farmers’ debts in August
August 14, 2012 | 11:28
Binh An Seafood Co (Bianfishco) will hand over its fish processing plant to the farmers to whom it owes hundreds billions of dong if it misses the payment deadline on August 29, promised its acting general director.
High-tech farming in Dalat 1
April 19, 2012 | 12:41
In recent years, many farmers in Dalat in Lam Dong Province have actively invested billions of dong to establish plant tissue culture laboratories and create high quality, disease-resistant breeds of plants for export.
Delta seafood firms, farmers in chain of debts
March 26, 2012 | 16:44
The business cooperation between some seafood processing companies in the Mekong Delta provinces and catfish farmers have turned into a chain of debts, with the processors unable to pay farmers, who in turn also fail to repay the feed suppliers, and so on.
PPP yet to deliver tasty fruit
March 20, 2012 | 10:05
The public-private partnership agriculture model needs a boost to yield rich rewards.
Bitter brew for coffee traders
December 22, 2011 | 16:34
Coffee traders are facing difficulties sourcing products on the back of farmers’ hoarding.
Cocao growers meet standards
November 28, 2011 | 17:28
Cocao products grown in the southern province of Tien Giang have been certified by UTZ Kapeh Vietnam for meeting international-quality standards.
FrieslandCampina Vietnam leaves footprint on society
November 14, 2011 | 05:57
"From the start, in 1995, FrieslandCampina Vietnam has committed to improving the livelihood of the Vietnamese as a responsible citizen"
Farmers form alliances to boost profits
August 16, 2011 | 22:00
Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are joining alliances to enhance the value of their agricultural products as part of a project that uses funds from a governmental loan from the World Bank.
Foreign coffee firms stir the pot
April 27, 2011 | 08:00
Foreign-invested enterprises are said to hold a dominant local coffee market share through breaking regulations.
Rich capital flows yet to blossom
April 13, 2011 | 22:20
Businesses active in the agricultural sector are facing big capital-related problems for sustained development.
Chinese farmers go online to sell produce
March 14, 2011 | 10:15
For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land.
Milking a herd of poor farmers dry of
September 04, 2006 | 18:22
A cattle milking project in Son La province, northwest Vietnam, has proved a barren prospect for many farmers who have fallen into heavy debt following the deaths of a number of animals imported from a foreign country.
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