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  Organic food and drink sale rises after years of decline

  (15:35:21 PM 13/03/2014)

  Four out of five households now buying organic produce, with younger shoppers willing to spend the most, industry report finds

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  GM food production ban proposed

  (17:27:33 PM 26/08/2014)

  Government agencies have agreed on a proposed ban on the production of genetically-modified (GM) food as one of the business fields suggested for prohibition in draft amendments to the Investment Law and the Enterprise Law to be sent to the National Assembly at its eighth sitting later this year.

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  Vietnam strives to eliminate persistent organic pollutants

  (17:46:06 PM 21/07/2014)

  Vietnam will stop using all types of machinery and equipment containing poluchlorinated biphenyl (PCB), one of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs), by 2020 and safely dispose the substance by 2028.

  Tags: Vietnam, strives, to eliminate, persistent, organic, pollutants
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  Vietnamese food introduced at Singapore fair

  (08:05:55 AM 10/04/2014)

  Thirty Vietnamese businesses and joint ventures are taking part in the 19th Food & Hotel Asia Fair (FHA 2014), which kicked off in Singapore on April 8.

  Tags: Vietnam, food, Singapore, fair
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  Hanoi tops street food cities in Asia

  (17:24:24 PM 09/05/2015)

  SkyScanner, the world’s travel search engine, has ranked Vietnam first among the best street food cities in Asia.

  Tags: Hanoi , tops, street food, cities in Asia,
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  Traditional food and the suffering of men and dogs

  (17:02:08 PM 23/08/2014)

  It can be said that the dishes that diners eat at dog meat restaurants are soaked with the pain of both men and dogs. Perhaps dog meat will last forever in Vietnam but the operation of this industry is tinged with suffering and cruelty.

  Tags: dog, human, traditional food
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  Lam Dong farmers reap the rewards from organic crops

  (16:25:36 PM 15/06/2015)

  Farmers in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong have reaped large profit since they turned their coffee acreage into baby cauliflower farms.

  Tags: Vietnam, agriculture production, vegetables, organic fertiliser,
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  Saigon named a world’s best street-food city

  (17:25:50 PM 24/04/2015)

  In the US, Vietnamese cuisine is all banh mi and pho, which alone would make HCM City a must-eat destination says Thrillist, a leading US food, drink and travel website, in a post.

  Tags: Saigon named, world’s , best street-food city,
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  Fast food empires gear up for their plans to conquer Vietnamese market

  (09:05:35 AM 08/06/2013)

  McDonald’s, the US fast food giant, is moving ahead with its plan to conquer the Vietnamese market through the franchised shop network. Its first stop would be HCM City.

  Tags: Vietnam, fast food chains, McDonald's, retailers, HCM City, expansion,
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  Pesticide abuse raises food safety concerns

  (16:28:17 PM 19/02/2015)

  Widespread abuse of pesticides was undermining food safety in the country, participants said at a recent conference on plant protection held in Hanoi.

  Tags: Pesticide abuse, food safety, environmental pollution, agricultural production,
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  More than 1m pangolins sold for food, medicine

  (15:44:53 PM 27/06/2015)

  Viet Nam hopes to co-operate with countries and international organisations to protect endangered wildlife species, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said at the First Pangolin Range States Meeting in Da Nang yesterday, June 24.

  Tags: Pangolins, wildlife trafficking, traditional medicine, specialty dishes,
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  Scarce food forces gaurs to plunder

  (17:08:03 PM 01/04/2013)

  Illegal poaching and shrinking habitat are forcing endangered Gaurs to encroach on farmland in southern Dong Nai Province, causing conflict with local farmers.

  Tags: environment, Scarce, food, gaur, plunder
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  Foreign tourists suggest Saigon’s best food

  (17:07:12 PM 15/06/2015)

  Com tam (broken rice), hu tieu (pork noodle soup), bun thit nuong (noodles with grilled pork), goi cuoi (spring rolls), and che (sweet soup-like dessert) are suggested by foreign tourists as the must-eat foods in HCM City.

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  Food poisoning fatalities on the increase

  (07:39:51 AM 23/06/2014)

  The Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Food Administration has announced that 24 people have died from food poisoning nationwide so far this year.

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  More cancer cases reported, people pay penalty for daily food

  (20:14:30 PM 12/01/2013)

  Industrial factories, workshops have been located in rural areas, bringing money and helping improve the living standards of local residents. However, they have to pay penalty for the money they receive today: more and more people die of cancer.

  Tags: Vietnam, pollution, protection, water resources, minerals
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  Frenchman’s call for animal protection

  (14:59:43 PM 15/11/2014)

  Leopold Vincent spends his time on meals in a completely different way. He lives all alone, but the middle-aged Frenchman prepares a lot of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food is not only for himself or his guests, but also for 40 cats and one dog he is taking care of.

  Tags: Frenchman’s, call, animal, protection, Vietnam, cat