The promotion fair will run until August 14 in No. 489 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi. A fair connecting farm producers with Hanoi’s wet markets kicked off on August 10 at the Trade Promotion Center for Agriculture in the capital city. Local consumers are attending the fair. Photo: kinhtedothi.vn The event drew the participation of 70 units from Hanoi and other provinces who, on 150 stalls, introduce a variety of products ranked by the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program and regional specialties as well as production and processing models. According to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, maintaining and developing traditional channels, including wet markets, is a key task of the capital city as the distribution channel enables the supply of essential goods. However, the quality control of food and products at wet markets has been loose. To solve the problem, the city has approved the project "Management of Food Production and … [Read more...] about Fair linking farm producers to market opens in Hanoi
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Bridgestone Vietnam provides bridge to Tien Giang students
Bridgestone Tire Sales Vietnam LLC (Bridgestone Vietnam) inaugurated the new bridge on Aug. 5. The company representative said the project realizes its commitment of contributing to a society in which access and dignity are guaranteed to everyone, which was announced in "Bridgestone E8 Commitment" in March 2022. Naoki Inutsuka, General Director of Bridgestone Vietnam (L), performs the ritual of crossing the new Ong Lao bridge with co-sponsors, representatives of local authorities and a large number of students and people in Tan Hoa Thanh commune, Tien Giang Province. Photo by Bridgestone Vietnam Ong Lao Bridge is a part of Bridgestone Vietnam's project "Bridge to Knowledge" starting in 2019. The project is implemented with the desire to provide a safe and joyful way to school for disadvantaged children, and equal access to knowledge for all future generations. This August, the journey arrived in Tien Giang. On Aug. 5, thousands of students and people in Tan Hoa Thanh … [Read more...] about Bridgestone Vietnam provides bridge to Tien Giang students
Feed producers seek alternative sources to save on costs
Nguyen Quang Hoa, director of Duong Vu Co., Ltd., is busy collecting rice from localities, and even from across the land border in Cambodia, to meet the orders of animal feed producers. Domestic rice is being used more, but companies do not want it to be a long-term answer. Photo: Le Toan “The average orders are 30,000 tonnes per month, and over 10,000 tonnes ordered by C.P. Vietnam. The order volume has recently increased due to the escalation in prices of corn and wheat,” Hoa said. Some orders of rice volume are much larger than those figures, and so the company is making efforts to meet the demand of producers, according to Hoa. Japfa Comfeed, GreenFeed Vietnam Corporation, and New Hope Vina Co., Ltd. are also buying rice closer to home in order to offset the shortage of imported materials. In the first six months of this year, Vietnam garnered nearly 8.5 million tonnes of materials for animal feed production, equalling $3.7 billion in value. These figures have … [Read more...] about Feed producers seek alternative sources to save on costs