Update May, 30 2012 12:20:59
Going with the grain
May, 29 2012 10:32:51
Poverty forced Duong Xuan Qua to drop out of school after completing his ninth grade and turn to farming, but it could not dim his passion and aptitude for tinkering with machinery.
May, 26 2012 09:00:46
Provinces urged to act on blue-ear disease
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants 14 vulnerable provinces and cities to take stronger action against the spread of the blue-ear disease among pigs.
May, 26 2012 08:59:28
Time ripe to expand in fruit-growing province
Tien Giang, the province with the largest area under fruit, plans to further expand its fruit cultivation area and improve the quality of fruits to increase exports.
May, 26 2012 08:58:07
Water-starved central region faces fallow lands this growing season
Areas growing rice and other crops in the central region could leave lands uncultivated this season because of drought.
May, 23 2012 10:38:49
Farmers, enterprises lock horns
More contracts between farmers and companies in Mekong Delta provinces are being broken, and as a result, more lawsuits are being filed.
May, 19 2012 09:46:03
Drought hits summer crop
A drought has affected nearly 50,000ha of crops nationwide, says Dang Duy Hien of the General Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
May, 19 2012 09:43:52
Rural training places quality over quantity
A programme launched two years ago to provide vocational training to rural workers through 2020 will focus on quality and not quantity though it targets training 600,000 people this year, an official has said.
May, 19 2012 09:42:14
Call to adjust rules on agricultural insurance
Agricultural insurance regulations need to be revised to encourage more farmers to buy agricultural insurance, said the provincial authority of Dong Nai.
May, 19 2012 09:00:34
Farmer representatives told to push production
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung called on the Farmers' Association to continue promoting effective production and farming models, thus contributing to push the country's agriculture sector to the next level.
May, 17 2012 11:05:59
Drought hits 50,000ha of crop
A drought has affected nearly 50,000ha of crops nationwide, says Dang Duy Hien of the General Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
May, 15 2012 15:14:18
Regulations on agricultural insurance need to be adjusted
Agricultural insurance regulations need to be revised to encourage more farmers to buy agricultural insurance, said the provincial authority of Dong Nai.