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Waste of agricultural by-products Nguyen Thi Thien, Director of the Thai Hung Thinh Joint Stock Company, said her company has a farm in Binh Phuoc Province, part of which is raising 500 pigs per batch using biological products for waste treatment. Over the past five years, the farm has never experienced pig epidemics and related environmental pollution, Thien said. According to her, durian skins can be processed into activated carbon and wood vinegar for use in agricultural production, and farms can use coconut tree-based products and intercrop coconut with shrimp farming to increase income. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department of Livestock Production, the amounts of post-harvest agricultural by-products are large: 42.8 million tonnes of rice straw, 10 million tonnes of corn stalks, 3.6 million tonnes of vegetables and fruits, 3.1 million tonnes of cassava stalks, 3.1 million tonnes of cashews, and 6.1 million tonnes of other …

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Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh attends the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2021, held via videoconference on October 25 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi – Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the virtual ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2021 (ASEAN BIS) on October 25, saying that ASEAN is now in need of enterprises’ proactiveness and creativity to adapt to the new normal. In his remarks, the Deputy PM underlined that the pandemic control and economic recovery are dependent on not only endeavours by a single government or country but also joint efforts by all the 10 ASEAN members as well as partners. He reaffirmed the importance of the Consolidated Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution for ASEAN and the acceleration of the Strategic and Holistic Initiative to Link ASEAN Responses to Emergencies and Disasters (ASEAN SHIELD), proposed by Brunei - Chair of the bloc in 2021. Vietnam is ready to cooperate in enhancing the digital infrastructure …

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Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh attends the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2021, held via videoconference on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh told an ASEAN business summit that companies must be both proactive and creative to adapt to the ‘new normal’. He said member states should not rely on their own governments, but instead bloc-wide joint efforts are needed to ensure economic recovery. The Deputy PM was speaking at the virtual ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2021 (ASEAN BIS) held on Monday. He reaffirmed the importance of the Consolidated Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution for ASEAN and the acceleration of the Strategic and Holistic Initiative to Link ASEAN Responses to Emergencies and Disasters (ASEAN SHIELD), proposed by Brunei, this year’s Chair of the bloc. Minh said Việt Nam would be ready to cooperate in enhancing the digital infrastructure connectivity, ensuring a digital …

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