Mekong delta tour 2 days

According to Mr. Le Thanh Tung, Deputy Director of the Department of Crop Production under the MARD, Southern farmers grew rice on an area of more than 1.6 million hectares in the winter-spring rice crop this year, down 68,500 hectares. The rice yield is estimated at 69.35 quintals per hectare, up 2.05 quintals per hectare, and rice production is estimated at 11.2 million tons, down 129,000 tons compared to last winter-spring rice crop. Of which, provinces in the Mekong Delta grew rice on an area of 1.54 million hectares, down 63,000 hectares. Rice productivity is estimated at 69.79 quintals per hectare, up 2.01 quintals per hectare, and rice production is estimated at 10.7 million tons, down 118,000 tons. Generally, the cultivation of the winter-spring rice crop this year in the Mekong Delta was carried out 20-30 days earlier than the previous winter-spring rice crop. Favorable weather helped rice plants to grow and develop healthily and give high productivity and high quality of … [Read more...] about Winter-spring rice production exceeds 10.7 million tons in Mekong Delta

With the Mekong Delta currently having over 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) of rice fields, the total output is estimated at 5.5 million tons. "The best solution currently is to reserve only 1.5 million tons of rice, and allow four million tons to be exported for farmers to reap more benefits," Xuan said. … [Read more...] about Farmers big losers if Vietnam stops rice exports: experts

HẬU GIANG — The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang on Monday raised the fire danger level in the locality from “very high” (level 4) to “extreme” (level 5) due to long-lasting heat and low humidity in local forests. … [Read more...] about Hậu Giang raises fire danger level to the highest

This month, seven out of 11 groups of consumer goods and services in the basket of items used to calculate the CPI have seen a drop in prices, with the group of transportation taking the lead, recording a fall of 4.87%, which was impacted by the decrease in prices of local fuel products and public transport services. … [Read more...] about Pandemic sends CPI down in March

Workers move rice sacks from a ship to a warehouse in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang. Vietnam has over eight million tons of rice available for export in 2020 – PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH CAN THO – Apart from the volume of rice set aside for domestic consumption, Vietnam has around 13.5 million tons of paddy (unhusked rice) available for export this year, equivalent to over eight million tons of rice, heard attendees at a teleconference on March 27. … [Read more...] about Eight million tons of Vietnamese rice available for export