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The organic food market is believed to have great potential, but companies are finding it difficult to lure more customers. There are about 100 organic food producers, including large corporations, in the country. Investors have poured money into organic production as they believe that organic food will be the choice of customers in the future. According to Pham Thi Hoa from the International University, a member school of the HCMC National University, there is little evidence that organic food provides more nutritious products than normal food, but consumers still prefer organic produce because they do not want to use GM (genetically modified) products and products with pesticide residue. There is little evidence that organic food provides more nutritious products than normal food, but consumers still prefer organic produce because they do not want to use GM (genetically modified) products and products with pesticide residue. Hoa cited a survey by Nielsen as saying that … [Read more...] about Organic food market faces shortage of customers

Firefighters battle a blaze at a cushion storage facility in HCM City's Bình Tân District in late October this year. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly spent the whole day yesterday discussing the implementation of policies and laws on fire prevention and fighting from 2014-2018. During that time, failure to raise the alarm promptly was the main reason for huge fires that caused devastating losses. At the sitting, Chairman of the NA’s Committee of National Defence and Security Võ Trọng Việt presented a report regarding supervision of the issue. Việt stressed that huge fires were an emerging issue that needed to be focused on. Between July 2014 and July 2018, only giant blazes were reported, accounting for 0.96 per cent of the total number of cases, but causing devastating consequences. In those incidents, 35 people were killed and 72 others were injured. They caused estimated damage of more than VNĐ4.9 … [Read more...] about National Assembly focuses on extinguishing huge fires

Short supply, rising prices A recent report by the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) showed that the municipal city’s real estate market was on a declining trend in the first nine months of 2019. Meanwhile, the market witnessed a scarcity in housing supply in the central business district (CBD) despite high residential demand. Being rolled out since the end of 2018, The Grand Manhattan is one of few projects in District 1 achieving impressive sale performance Nguyen Hoang, director of DKRA Vietnam’s R&D Division, said that real estate products in the CBD remain in limited supply. Land bank in the CBD are becoming scarce compared with District 2, or the southern and western areas of the city. Another reason is the local authorities’ tight control over granting licenses for new housing projects in the CBD to relieve population pressure on transportation, electricity, water, and infrastructure. Due to the scarcity, most projects in the CBD are … [Read more...] about Real estate in Ho Chi Minh City CBD: Optimism for the long-term

  Visitors seen at the Photography Museum in Lai Xá Village. The Friends of Việt Nam Heritage (FVH) will organise an excursion to Lai Xá Village on November 24. — Photo thegioidisan.vn HÀ NỘI —The Friends of Việt Nam Heritage (FVH) group will organise an excursion to Lai Xá photography village on November 24. Located in Kim Chung Commune, 15km west of Hà Nội, the village has been recognised as the birthplace of photography in Việt Nam. The village is also the hometown of many talented photographers and scholars, including “father of photography in Việt Nam” Khánh Ký, who taught photography to Hồ Chí Minh, and Dr. Nguyễn Văn Huyên (1908-1975) – a historian, ethnologist, cultural researcher, and Minister of Education for 29 years. The excursion will start with a visit to Nguyễn Văn Huyên Museum in the village. The guide … [Read more...] about FVH day excursion to Lai Xá photography village

  Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.  HÀ NỘI — Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin began an official visit to Việt Nam on Wednesday. The visit until Friday is made at the invitation of Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. His entourage include Kazakh Ambassador to Việt Nam Yerlan Baizhanov; Chairman of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Mukhtar Yerman, who is also head of the Kazakh parliamentarians’ group for cooperation with the Vietnamese NA; Secretary of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Agricultural Issues Zheksenbay Duisebayev; and Secretary of the Mazhilis’s Committee on Finance and Budget Tatiana Yakovleva, who is also member of the Kazakh parliamentarians’ group for co-operation with the Vietnamese NA. Việt Nam and … [Read more...] about Kazakhstan’s lower house leader starts official visit to Việt Nam