The Ho Chi Minh City administration has ordered a company to cease sub-letting land earmarked for garment and textile activities. A corner of the 48,700 square meter area that Son Tung Company leased to other companies for a tidy profit … [Read more...] about City government cracks down on illegal land lease
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The rural land turning gold
Once upon a time... Before Renufication Day, I lodged at Mui Ne town (including two communes: Thach Long and Khanh Thien) - Hai Long district with the sparse population and only a lot of coconut trees. Ngo Dinh Mien and I taught at Thien Nghiep primary school (Thien Nghiep commune). Our school, located in a coconut forest, had two non-adjacent rows (each row including 3 rooms). Sometimes, we heard the sound of coconuts falling to the ground while teaching. Every Saturday afternoon after school, Ngo Dinh Mien and I went home in Phan Thiet when we were very young then. It was the first year in our life that we were teaching because we just graduated from Da Lat pedagogy university. I remembered the small and narrow street of 4 - 5 meters in width from Mui Ne to Phan Thiet was overwhelmed by sand. The surface of asphalted road was little seen. Some road sections were flowed by the sand from the hills. Driving motorbike must be careful, or it was easy to skid and fall. … [Read more...] about The rural land turning gold
Vegetables grown on terrace more favored than on truck farm
VietNamNet Bridge - Urbanites now compete with farmers to grow vegetables for sale. Vegetables have been grown on any possible space, from terrace, balcony to ground floor or the space underneath the table. At first, housewives just tried to grow vegetables for their family use to protect themselves against the dirty food available on the market. Later, when realizing the increasingly high demand for clean vegetables, the housewives have decided to run their own business. … [Read more...] about Vegetables grown on terrace more favored than on truck farm
Land compensation dispute plagues Phu Quoc project
Locals on the southern island of Phu Quoc say they are angered by inconsistencies in a land compensation case for a residential project. Many farmers have complained they were not properly compensated for reclaimed cultivated land in a protective forest on the island because of a technicality in the law. Trucks lined up on land cleared for a residential project on Phu Quoc Island. Many locals who lost their land have complained about poor compensation because of technicalities in the regulations. … [Read more...] about Land compensation dispute plagues Phu Quoc project
Chinese collect sim roots, Vietnamese northern land devastated
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people in northern areas now rush to excavate hills, mountains and forests to pick up the roots of sim trees (Tomentose rose myrtle) to sell to China for money. The "sim root rush" … [Read more...] about Chinese collect sim roots, Vietnamese northern land devastated