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Satellite technology to be applied in agriculture sector
(09:59:33 AM 06/08/2014)Viet Nam plans to use remote sensing technology to boost production of key crops, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said at a conference last week.
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VN expects to expand agriculture cooperation with Japan
(10:34:25 AM 13/10/2014)Viet Nam expects to strengthen cooperation with Japan in agriculture, especially in fishing offshore tuna, improving agricultural value chain and building a quality standard system for farm produce, said Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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ASOCIO ICT Summit to focus on agriculture restructuring
(20:23:35 PM 19/10/2014)Agriculture restructuring will come to the fore at the 2014 Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) ICT Summit, which is slated for October 28-31 in Hanoi and central Da Nang City.
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Vietnam willing to support Chad in agriculture
(11:11:01 AM 29/05/2013)With its strength in rice production, Vietnam is willing to support the Republic of Chad with technology and experts in the field, as well as rice varieties and suitable cultivation processes, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has said.
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NA deputies discuss sustainable pathway for agriculture sector
(14:32:31 PM 13/06/2013)Sustainable agricultural development, husbandry growth and forest protection were among hot issues raised at the National Assembly's Question and Answer session with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat yesterday, June 12.
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Pollution in agriculture gets increasingly high
(15:13:55 PM 17/07/2013)It is estimated that 60-65 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer has not been absorbed by plants. Millions of tons of waste from livestock farms and 90 percent of solid waste has been discharged to the rural environment every year without treatment.
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Japan plants seeds of hi-tech agriculture
(10:58:56 AM 05/01/2015)Many Japanese investors are planning to cultivate hi-tech agricultural projects in Vietnam.
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Real-estate companies rush to invest in agriculture: a good sign or worrying trend?
(14:31:08 PM 27/08/2014)Some real estate developers have decided to invest in agriculture, usually considered a risky and unprofitable business field. This is seen as a positive sign by some, but others see the trend as worrisome.
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Agriculture training must be more practical
(17:18:07 PM 23/08/2014)Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat has said the sector would speed up efforts in vocational training, which is vital to enhancing the quality of human resources in the sector and spur innovations in agriculture for the years to come.
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Agriculture export earnings take tumble
(10:24:07 AM 28/05/2013)Viet Nam earned over US$10.7 billion from agro-forestry and fishery exports in the first five months of this year, down 4.6 per cent compared with the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.
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Agriculture ministry halts GM silkworm project
(15:42:16 PM 27/12/2014)The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to stop its joint project with a U.S. firm to farm genetically modified (GM) silkworms due to the lack of relevant regulations.
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Enterprises slammed for destroying forests
(14:08:16 PM 19/08/2013)Thousands of hectares of forest in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have been devastated due to the irresponsibility of local officials working on agriculture and forestry projects.
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Forest police to be set up
(14:45:04 PM 31/07/2013)A Forest Police Force will be in charge of patrolling and managing forests, under new plans proposed to the Government by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Scramble to fell logging activities
(11:07:22 AM 03/08/2013)The rapid decline in the amount of forest cover and its quality has prompted the agriculture ministry to overhaul their forestry management policies, particularly towards logging activities.
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People devastate forests, nature gets angry
(14:01:01 PM 16/12/2013)Deforestation is not the story of some specific communes or provinces. Forests have been devastated all over the country for firewood, hydropower and agriculture development.
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HIV egg rumours dismissed
(11:37:17 AM 02/03/2015)An official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has rejected a rumour surfacing in the social media that Chinese chicken eggs sold in Vietnam have been injected with blood contaminated with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV).
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