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Honeydew melons grown in membrane houses and watered by a drip irrigation system have brought higher incomes to farmers in Tien Giang Province.- Photo tiengiang.gov.vn The department’s Centre for Biotechnology Application has helped local farmers who used traditional cultivation methods to shift to the high-tech method. Vương Thi My Thanh, deputy director of the centre, said the 500sq.m membrane house and an auto-drip irrigation system cost a total of VND150 million (US$6,535). Four crops of honeydew melons are sold at an average price of VND30,000 ($1.3) per kilogramme. Each 500sq.m of honeydew melons produces 1.5 tonnes per crop, earning a profit of VND22.5 million ($980). Growers could produce about 30 tonnes of honeydew melons per hectare per crop, earning a profit of VND450 million ($19,607) for each crop. Ngo Huu Nguyen, a farmer in Cho Gao District’s Binh Phuc Nhut Commune, said he was now growing honeydew melons in a 400sq.m membrane house. Thanks to the … [Read more...] about Farmers grow more honeydew melons by irrigation drip method

Thaco starts work on four major projects in Quang Nam The Saigon Times Daily Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other senior delegates make a symbolic gesture to begin work on a wharf for 50,000-ton vessels and a residential area for workers - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco) on March 24 began work on four major projects in Quang Nam Province---the creation of an agricultural-forestry industrial park, the expansion of Thaco-Chu Lai Mechanical-Automotive Industrial Park and the construction of a wharf for 50,000-ton vessels and a residential area for workers, the local media reported. These projects, which will all be built at the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone, requires a total cost of over VND15 trillion (US$646.8 million). Specifically, the agricultural and forestry industrial park project will initially focus on developing value chains for fruit and forestry products, with services ranging from researching seedlings to developing farming, … [Read more...] about Thaco starts work on four major projects in Quang Nam

Israeli startups seek to cooperate with Vietnam By Ngo Kiem An image captured from a video shows that HCMC Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan (R) gives a souvenir to Gilad Cohen, director general for Asia-Pacific at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More than 5,000 Israeli startups expect to cooperate with businesses in Vietnam - PHOTO: NGO KIEM HCMC - More than 5,000 Israeli startups expect to cooperate with businesses in Vietnam, especially in HCMC, said Gilad Cohen, director general for Asia-Pacific at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At a meeting in HCMC on May 24, HCMC Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan said Israel is an important partner of HCMC, and Vietnam as a whole. Trade between the two countries has grown gradually in recent years, reaching over US$1 billion per year on average. In the fourth Industrial Revolution, Vietnam will improve the development of technologies and a smart city project, in which Israel has strengths, Hoan added. Meanwhile, Vietnam … [Read more...] about Israeli startups seek to cooperate with Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ visited the Trnava region, Slovakia, on Wednesday. In Horne Saliby town of Trnava, Deputy PM Huệ and the authorities of Trnava and Horne Saliby inaugurated a plaque in memory of President Hồ Chí Minh’s visit to the town on September 18, 1957. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Quang Vinh Viet Nam News BRATISLAVA – Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on the Slovakian government to continue creating ideal conditions for Vietnamese businesses in Slovakia and to ensure equality for Vietnamese workers there. At a meeting with Slovakian Deputy PM and Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Wednesday, Deputy PM Huệ said Slovakia and Việt Nam have great potential for co-operation. Slovakia is Việt Nam’s largest trade partner in Central and Eastern Europe, while Việt Nam is Slovakia’s 14th largest trade partner, said Huệ. Both host and guest agreed to devise co-operation mechanisms for action plans, organise … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Vương Đình Huệ visits Slovakia

President Trần Đại Quang expressed the belief in an interview granted to Japanese media, including the NHK broadcasting organisation, Kyodo News, Jiji Press and Nikkei newspaper in Hà Nội ahead of his State-level visit to Japan from May 29 to June 2. – VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI – The strategic partnership between Việt Nam and Japan is expected to enter a new period of development, especially in the fields of trade, economy, defence-security, health, high technology, locality-to-locality co-operation, and people-to-people exchanges. President Trần Đại Quang expressed the belief in an interview granted to Japanese media, including the NHK broadcasting organisation, Kyodo News, Jiji Press and Nikkei newspaper in Hà Nội ahead of his State-level visit to Japan from May 29 to June 2. The President said he was glad to lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to Japan on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. The visit … [Read more...] about Việt Nam-Japan strategic partnership to enter new development period: President Quang