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A rice field belonging to a farmer with the Tân Tiến Agriculture Co-operative. The cooperative has enjoyed encouraging results since it switched to an organic rice farming method. — VNS Photo Xuân Hương Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Rice productivity and profits have increased year after year since Tân Tiến Agricultural Co-operative in Mỹ Lộc Commune in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long switched to follow an organic farming system three years ago. Dương Văn Thành, director of the co-operative, said productivity had increased from 3.8 tonnes per hectare on average in the 2016 summer-autumn rice crop to 6.1 tonnes per hectare in the 2017-18 winter-spring crop. “Productivity has gradually gone up and so has the profit surged. Last year, we earned a profit of VNĐ40.9 million (US$1,755) per hectare per year from two rice crops, an increase of VNĐ23.4 million per hectare. This year, the profit reached VNĐ50.8 million per hectare.” In 2016, the co-operative was established as … [Read more...] about Vĩnh Long organic rice plan yields good results

Review The new AirPods Max are turning heads with a high price tag and excellent audio quality. But is what you get worth the $549? AirPods Max design AirPods Max come in five different colors, sky blue, green, pink, silver, and space gray. Each color is two-toned, featuring a lighter color on the anodized earcups and a darker one for the headband. AirPods Max have one of the most bespoke designs ever created for a set of headphones. The top portion of the headphones is made of stainless steel before being coated with a premium soft-touch material akin to silicone. The canopy is made from a proprietary mesh that is designed to wrest just atop your head. AirPods Max Each arm of the AirPods Max extend to accommodate user's heads of different sizes. Anodized aluminum makes up the cups themselves, which is lighter than the steel and allows for the svelte anodization Apple is known for. Each of the cushions on the earcups are a similar mesh … [Read more...] about Review: AirPods Max don’t make it easy to justify the price

VN, Mongolia tighten bilateral ties (21-01-2005) Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh (right) and Mongolian President Natsagin Bagabandi. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sang HA NOI — Viet Nam appreciates the relationships between the Viet Nam Communist Party and the Mongolian People’s Revolution Party and wants to intensify those ties in the future, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in a meeting with Mongolian President Natsagin Bagabandi yesterday. He also said he praised the relationship between the people of the two countries. Bagabandi is currently paying a five-day visit to Viet Nam. Manh said the visit by the Mongolian President will mark a new step in the development of the two countries’ relationship. Based on agreements between the high-ranking leaders of both sides, the relationship will benefit everyone in the world by bringing peace, co-operation and development to the region and the world, Manh said. President Bagabandi … [Read more...] about VN, Mongolia tighten bilateral ties

President Triet affirms ties with Greek counterpart President Nguyen Minh Triet (right) and Greek President Karolos Papoulias review the guard of honour. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Khang (10-06-2008) ATHENS — President Nguyen Minh Triet said he was happy to see recent active development in relations and co-operation between Viet Nam and Greece. He made the statement yesterday in Athens while meeting with President Karolos Papoulias during his official visit to the country. He thanked the Greek Government for supporting Viet Nam to join the WTO and run as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Triet affirmed that Viet Nam would continue to boost economic reform, implement Viet Nam’s commitments in joining the WTO, and bring into play its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. He asked the Greek Government to support Viet Nam with negotiations on the Partners and Co-operation Agreement with the … [Read more...] about President Triet affirms ties with Greek counterpart

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (right) and his wife received by President Lee Myung-bak and his spouse at the G20 Summit formal reception in Seoul. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam SEOUL — Viet Nam is seeking better trade and economic relations with South Korea and Italy. Trade between Viet Nam and South Korea, one of its biggest economic partners, was set to reach US$20 billion in 2015, about double the current figure, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in a meeting with his Korean counterpart Kim Hwang-sik in Seoul yesterday. Two-way trade is expected to reach $11 billion this year, a 16 per cent increase against last year. More efforts from the Korean Government, however, were expected to improve the current bilateral trade imbalance. In the first five months of this year, two-way trade reached $5.6 billion, but only about one-fifth of that number, or $1.1 billion, was earned by Vietnamese exporters. Dung asked the Korean Government to create favourable conditions for … [Read more...] about Viet Nam seeks improved trade ties with South Korea and Italy

Public concerns, legislation and inspections top NA talks (17-11-2007) Ethnic minority students at a boarding school in Hoa Binh Province learn how to use computers. During the past year, the Government has invested more in improving infrastructure facilities in rural and mountainous areas. — VNS File Photo Ha Noi — The National Assembly yesterday kicked off their first question and answer session with Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Trong Nhan about the state of the country’s education and training. Minister Nhan told the NA that he had received 26 questions relating to education quality, textbooks, infrastructure facilities and policies for teachers. To further clarify deputies’ concerns, Nhan defined five factors affecting education quality: curricula and textbooks; teaching standards and methods; infrastructure facilities; student quality; and financial sources and management. Nhan explained about the ministry’s plans to compile the … [Read more...] about Public concerns, legislation and inspections top NA talks

Prior to his arrival in Viet Nam to attend the 17th ASEAN Summit which takes place this weekend, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva granted an interview to Vietnam News Agency's Thailand correspondent Tran Ngoc Tien. Socio-political developments in Thailand may have some impact on ASEAN's efforts to go ahead with its plan to establish the ASEAN Community by 2015. We'd like to hear you ideas about this as well as measures to be taken by the regional group to achieve our shared goals. The Royal Thai Government appreciates the understanding of our situation and efforts to resolve it, as well as ASEAN's commitment to non-interference, in what is a domestic affair in Thailand. It has always been the Government's policy to seek a democratic and peaceful resolution to the problems and to exercise utmost restraint, even whilst it has to enforce the rule of law. The process of reconciliation is ongoing, and there has since been great progress. The political events are by no … [Read more...] about Thailand ‘active’ in helping ASEAN achieve shared goals

After being trained by doctors from the Thủ Đức District Hospital, surgeons at another local hospital in HCM City, District 11, on Thursday performed their first hip replacement operation on a 98-year-old patient. — VNS Photo Phương Vy Viet Nam News HCM CITY — After being trained by doctors from the Thủ Đức District Hospital, surgeons at another local hospital in HCM City, District 11, on Thursday performed their first hip replacement operation on a 98-year-old patient. The Thủ Đức hospital is rated as first grade after achieving standards of treatment available at city- and central-level hospitals. Hip replacement involves a certain degree of expertise available only at a few district-level hospitals in the city, according to health experts. The patient, belonging to Bình Thuận Province, was brought to the District 11 Hospital on Tuesday with a broken hip bone. Dr Phạm Thanh Vũ, acting head of the hospital’s general surgery ward, said the man has been … [Read more...] about HCM City district hospital performs hip replacement surgery

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (7th right) and heads of delegations of ASEAN countries at the 42nd ASEAN Economic Meeting in central Da Nang City. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam DA NANG — ASEAN economic ministers agreed on a variety of measures to boost trade and investment within the bloc and with outside partners, as they expressed confidence on regional economic prospects and headed to the establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. They reached agreements at the 42nd ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting and the fourth ASEAN Economic Community Council Meeting, that both started in Da Nang yesterday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung opened the meeting, re-affirming the importance of a comprehensive, balanced and systematic approach in policy co-ordination at national and regional levels. "This year is a pivotal year for the association in establishing the ASEAN Community, resting on the three pillars of political-security, economic and socio-cultural communities … [Read more...] about Bright economic outlook prompts ASEAN to boost trade, investment

Authorities check intercepted cigarette packs smuggled through the border in the southern province of An Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — In the first six months of 2017, authorities uncovered 88,560 cases of smuggling, prosecuting 1,100 cases involving 1,372 people. Authorities collected VNĐ7.9 trillion (US$347.5 million) from administrative fines, selling off confiscated smuggled goods, and tax arrears, 40 per cent more than the previous year’s first half. According to National Steering Committee 389, the majority of smuggled goods fall into categories of essential consumer goods, heavily taxed goods, or goods banned for import, such as cocaine, explosives, tobacco, cosmetics, petrol and gas, elephant tusks or rhino horns, among others. Some notable cases include an interception of 7,800 foreign cigarette packs in the southern province of Long An, or confiscation of 26kg rhino horns and 6kg of elephant tusks in Hà Nội, and apprehension of 20 … [Read more...] about More than 88,500 cases of smuggling in first half of the year