Houses collapse in prolonged rain Week-long rains in the southernmost province of Ca Mau caused 21 houses to collapse and destroyed the roofs of 59 others in Thoi Binh, U Minh, Tran Van Thoi and Dam Doi districts. According to the provincial steering committee for flood and storm prevention and control, big waves overturned two fishing boats, leaving two people missing in U Minh district. About 200ha of one-month summer-autumn rice was inundated and five small boats sank in Tran Van Thoi district. Heavy rains and high tides over the past two weeks have badly affected the summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta, even as a report sounded dire warnings of paddy fields lost to industrialization and urbanization. Farmers in Tra Vinh Province have harvested nearly 30,000 hectares of rice, of which 5,000 hectares were harvested during rainy days, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. Many farmers in the province have had to sell rice as animal feed at low prices to husbandry farmers … [Read more...] about Downpours hurt harvest in Mekong Delta’s shrinking rice fields
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Authorities seize illegal Chinese rice field
Two Vietnamese residents apparently hired expert from China to cultivate hybrid rice variety seeds to sell at lucrative prices in northern Vietnam Residents of Hoa Phu Commune in Long An Province work on a farm that was first reported as leased by a Chinese man at twice the normal rent to grow a hybrid rice variety originating in China. Local authorities have said that it was actually rented by two Vietnamese men who hired the Chinese man for technical consultation. Agricultural authorities in Long An Province have questioned two men and seized the land they hired at unusually high rents to cultivate a Chinese-origin rice variety for which they also hired a Chinese "technical expert" without obtaining permission. Le Minh Duc, director of the Long An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, told Vietweek on Tuesday (February 19) that Truong Quoc Anh, a senior official with the Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam, and Tran Minh Nhu, an employee of the … [Read more...] about Authorities seize illegal Chinese rice field
Developing large-scale rice fields to build new rural areas
(VEN) - Director of the Economic Cooperation and Rural Development Department of the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) Tang Minh Loc praised the organic relationship between the large-scale rice field model and the national target program on building new rural areas. … [Read more...] about Developing large-scale rice fields to build new rural areas
Large-Scale Rice Field Model: Better sale still a major goal
(VEN) - It is needed to establish close linkages between the State, farmers, scientists and businesses in order to expand the Large-Scale Rice Field Model, produce commercial rice and increase profits for farmers. There is also a need to increase businesses' responsibility, particularly in selling agricultural products, according to experts who attended a Large-Scale Rice Field Model conference held recently by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in conjunction with the Ministry of Planning and Investment. … [Read more...] about Large-Scale Rice Field Model: Better sale still a major goal
“Boundless Rice Field” returns to HCM City stage
The drama “Canh Dong Bat Tan” (Boundless Rice Field), which is based on a famous short story by Nguyen Ngoc Tu, will be performed at the HCM City Theatre every 18th. The first show will take place at 8pm, August 14.Boundless Rice Field was first introduced to audiences a half year ago at the 5B Theatre. The drama was a hit in HCM City. Tickets always sold out.However, artists wished to bring this drama to the large stage of the HCM City Theatre. They have recently reached an agreement with the theatre to perform this drama every 18th.This will be the first drama which is performed monthly at the HCM City Theatre besides the theatre’s monthly concerts, dancing shows and music.Boundless Rice Field by Nguyen Ngoc Tu became a bestseller within hours of being released in HCM City bookshops in 2005.Nearly 2,000 copies of the story were sold in the first two days of its release.The book features the simple lifestyle of farmers living in Vietnam’s southern regions, … [Read more...] about “Boundless Rice Field” returns to HCM City stage