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Visitors take a boat tour around a nipa palm farm in Ben Tre province. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, renowned as the kingdom of coconut and for its large acreages of fruit farming , is striving to become a top destination for ecotourism and river-based tours. ecotourism projects in Ben Tre is Nghenh Xuan Farmstay in Thanh Trieu commune in the district of Chau Thanh, which lies on the banks of Thanh Trieu River. Visitors pick fruits in a farmstay in Ben Tre province. (Photo: VNA) Guests of the farmstay can take part in a wide range of adventures here, from river swimming, boat trips to fishing and cycling in the neighbouring countryside, he said, adding that the farmstay also cooperates with ten plantations to offer the guests sight-seeing and fruit-picking tours. VNA … [Read more...] about Ben Tre emerging destination of ecotourism, river-based tours

Ngoc Thao from HCMC, 32, said that one kilogram of bacon now costs between VND150,000-180,000 ($6.43-7.72), depending on whether it is purchased at a traditional wet market or a supermarket. Cheaper cuts of pork, such as cutlet and thigh, range from VND100,000-130,000 per kilogram, which is twice or thrice the price of chicken. "The prices of vegetables, spices and many other things have skyrocketed, but my salary remains unchanged, so I must cut back on my spending on expensive stuff," she said, sighing. "Now our family has meat only for one or two meals per week." A VnExpress survey of livestock farms at the end of June found that the price of live pigs had crossed VND60,000 per kg, a slight increase from previous days. The majority of farmers said the price has increased because the cost of animal feed has increased. Prices of new born pigs have also increased by 20 percent compared to two months ago. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and … [Read more...] about As prices rise, Vietnamese fork out less for pork

Illustration. (Photo: Bnews) Hanoi (VNA) – Auto part producer Autocom , a subsidiary of Vietnamese automaker THACO , sets to export 107,000 seat covers for Kia Bongo car model in 2022, up 18.5% from the previous year. Last month, it exported nearly 8,000 Kia Bongo seat covers to Cellmech International Vina in the Republic of Korea. This year, Autocom expects to supply many other auto accessories products to the RoK-based company, including gearshift covers and seat covers of Kia Rio, Hyundai i30 and Hyundai AX models. It is an emerging auto part manufacturer in Vietnam capable of producing car seats and various accessories, such as seat and gearshift covers, car neck pillows, backrest, and floor mats. Its products have been shipped to foreign markets, including ASEAN member states./. VNA … [Read more...] about Thaco subsidiary exports car seat covers to RoK

From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies -- with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have become familiar: a turtle suffocated by a shopping bag, water bottles washed up on beaches, or the monstrous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" of floating detritus. Millions of tonnes of plastic produced every year, largely from fossil fuels, make their way into the environment and degrade into smaller and smaller pieces. "We did not imagine 10 years ago that there could be so many small microplastics, invisible to the naked eye, and that they were everywhere around us," said Jean-Francois Ghiglione, a researcher at the Laboratory of Microbial Oceanography in France. "And we could not yet envisage finding them in the human body". Now scientific studies are increasingly detecting microplastics in some human organs -- including "the lungs, spleen, kidneys, and … [Read more...] about ‘They’re everywhere’: microplastics in oceans, air and human body

Students of Le Quy Don High School in District 3 of HCMC are participating in a History lesson under the form of a project. He proposed that instead of erasing all efforts of writing new History textbooks for GET2018 in the last 3 years, based on the available framework, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) should direct teachers to flexibly arrange history lessons depending on existing educational facilities, human resources, and specific features of each locality. The mandatory section could be retrieved from the core knowledge in the framework. What is more important is the redesigning stage so that these lessons are more suitable for all kinds of students, be they in the social science or natural science groups. In-depth topics should be adapted in accordance with the receptive ability of students and the actual conditions of each school. Head of the History group in Bui Thi Xuan High School (District 1 – HCMC) Pham Thi Bich Tuyen shared that the new History … [Read more...] about History teachers frustrated by recent developments of this subject in GET2018

Jason Turnbull (left) and Rana Flowers, UNICEF representative to Vietnam, sign a long-term strategic partnership. Photo by Masterise Group What do you aim to achieve through the Innovation for Children project? Masterise Group recently announced Build A Better Future, its strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme designed with three pillars: environment, education, and humanitarian aid. As part of the long-term programme, the group is partnering with UNICEF Vietnam to launch the Innovation for Children project to provide Vietnamese children with a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable living environment. The project will be an integration of educational and environmental initiatives aimed at addressing three major issues: climate-smart communities, smart schools, and learning through leadership. A UNICEF report in 2021 revealed that children and young people in Vietnam are most at risk from climate change impacts, which are threatening their health, … [Read more...] about Masterise Group and UNICEF to innovate for children

An investor watching stocks' movements at a trading floor of SSI Securities in Ha Noi. — VNS Photo Doan Tung In the first half of 2022, both market's benchmark index and liquidity plunged sharply, with the VN-Index posting a dip of over 20 per cent, making it one of the world's worst-performing stock markets. Market capitalisation lost over US$53 billion In the first six months of this year, especially from April until now, the Vietnamese stock market has witnessed a significant decline and fell below the 1,200 threshold as bottom-fishing demand was not strong enough. After six months, VN-Index plummeted by 20 per cent, while the HNX-Index recorded a decrease of 41.4 per cent year-on-year. According to China-based stock database Stockq, a drop of more than 20 per cent has made the VN-Index one of the worst-performing stock indices in the world during that period. Data from Bloomberg showed that the benchmark closed June at 1.1976 points, equivalent to a price to earning … [Read more...] about Viet Nam among world’s worst performing stock markets in first half