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Buckwheat is used to make a variety of foods and as brewing yeast. Locals grind the grain into a fine powder, mix with water until it attains an elastic texture and steam it on a stove. This cake can be found in Lung Cam Village and markets around Ha Giang for VND10,000 - 15,000  ($0.43-0.65) each. … [Read more...] about Buckwheat flowers, famous movie location draw droves of visitors to Ha Giang

Being aware of the importance of integrating the country’s education system with the wider world, both state agencies and private enterprises are proactively pursuing initiatives to bring foreign curricula to Vietnam and raise the standards of the national curricula. The government issued the planning to develop human resources, highlighting the development of the education system as the most important task to match the demand in the new era. … [Read more...] about Expediting education to reach the world

HCM CITY — A team of researchers and students at the HCM City University of Science - Việt Nam National University - Ho Chi Minh City have succeeded at making a prototype lithium-ion rechargeable battery from rice husks, a common agricultural waste in Việt Nam, especially in the Mekong Delta. … [Read more...] about University research team makes rechargeable batteries out of rice husks

In Sóc Sơn District, the Bảo Châu farm raised pigs with Effective Micro-organism (EM) technique to treat pig waste and create living bio-beds, which utilise natural materials like rice husks and straw that can absorb pig manure cleanly as long as the bedding is turned regularly. … [Read more...] about Pampered pigs thrive in home with elevator

Nguyễn Xuân Dương, deputy head of the Animal Husbandry Department under the MARD, said farmers should remain calm. The department will find solutions to stabilise the price of pigs, because if prices continue to increase, there will be risks that pigs from neighbouring countries will be smuggled into Việt Nam, especially from Thailand, where pig prices remain at VNĐ 42,000 per kilo, and China, with prices of VNĐ43,000 per kilo. Besides that, cheap frozen pork from the US and Brazil might then enter the domestic market. … [Read more...] about Farmers shouldn’t expand pig herds: ministry