According to the gardeners, prices of Da Lat curly lettuce, cabbage and celery accelerated. Prices of Da Lat curly lettuce yesterday increased VND 16,000- VND 17,000 per kilogram; Da Lat cabbage prices surged from VND 6,000 to VND 13,000 per kilogram and celery prices extended from VND 7,000 to VND 15,000 a kilogram. In addition, spinach prices accelerated from VND 8,000 to VND 13,000 per kilogram and chicory prices surged from VND 3,000 to VND 4,500 per kilogram, etc. According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Dong province, the recent excessive rainfall destroyed around 20 hectares of vegetable and flower crops in Da Lat city, more than 100 hectares of vegetable crops in the neighboring district of Lac Duong. In the coming days, some leafy green vegetable prices are expected to continue to increase slightly. BY DOAN KIEN – Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Da Lat vegetable prices rocket up
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Airlines must stop unhealthy competition for pilot: Deputy PM
Especially, there has been increase in hired foreign pilots up to 50 nationalities in several airlines, making it more difficult to monitor and standardize the employment of pilots, he said. According to Mr. Binh, unhealthy competition for pilot amongst airline has led to damaging practices such as forcing pilots to fly more than the permitted number of hours and paying high salaries to poach pilots from other airlines. Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tian said that the industry operated safely in the first half of the year without reportedly serious accidents or security incidents. Moreover, on February 15, the CAAV officially got Aviation Safety Supervision Level 1 from the US Federal Aviation Administration. This means that the US aviation authorities and the international community recognize Vietnam's efforts to improve aviation safety opening up an opportunity for a direct flight route from Vietnam to the US. However, Tuan pointed out some incidents in the first six months … [Read more...] about Airlines must stop unhealthy competition for pilot: Deputy PM
Mobilization of social contribution for socio-economic growth
He made the statement at the conference on the plan for the two regions’ socio-economic growth and public investment in 2020 held in the Mekong delta province of Vinh Long yesterday. Upon the two regions’ potential for growth, Deputy Minister Thong said that the South East and Ho Chi Minh City are two economic centers of the country contributing one third of high-quality workers across the country. Additionally, the two regions are the major markets and border gates in exchanging economic and cultural activities. Accordingly, the Ministry expected participants to discuss and assess achievements in social and economic issues as well as public investment of 19 provinces in the first six months of 2019. Moreover, the Ministry wanted participants to set the plan and long-term strategies for social and economic development and public investment for the next year with the focus on three matters including solving problems along the way, building socio-economic development … [Read more...] about Mobilization of social contribution for socio-economic growth
Hanoi eliminates two flooded streets every year
According to Mr. Hoang Cao Thang, Vice Director of Hanoi Department of Construction, there had been 18 serious flooded streets in Hanoi in the past; however, the city cleaned up two among 18 the flooded streets on Yen Nghia Street, Ha Dong District and Co Linh Street, Long Bien District in 2017. Last year, the city continued deleting additional two flooded streets of Giai Phong and Nguyen Chinh, but these streets still need to be monitored and evaluated during this year’s rainy season. With an average rainfall of 50-100mm during two hours, Hanoi still has 16 flooded streets. Explaining about the serious flooding in capital city of Hanoi despite of the small rainfall, the representative of Hanoi Construction Department said that the drainage systems have been invested and installed in inner Hanoi, in river bank across the To Lich, Lu, Set and Kim Nguu rivers on an area of 77.5 square kilometers (accounting for about 35 percent) while drainage systems in the … [Read more...] about Hanoi eliminates two flooded streets every year
Dyke breaches, farmers rush to save rice paddies
In the early morning, local adults and soldiers were still exerting their best efforts to fortify a local embankment to save more than tens of hundreds of rice paddy hectares from being flooded as Krong Ana River burst its bank and the fields were inundated. Deputy Chairman of Krong Ana District Nguyen Minh Dong yesterday said the existing dam is not strong enough to prevent water from pouring into the paddy fields of local farmers and the breach of 10-meter stopbank led to serious inundation of 500 hectares of rice paddy and local farmers will suffer heavy losse. Multiple excavators and pumps have also been employed to remove floodwater from the field while hundreds of people were mobilized to save the paddy fields around the clock to save the breached embankment. Residents made concerted efforts to save other hundreds of paddy fields in communes Binh Hoa and Buon Trap; however, traffic difficulties have impeded transportation of construction materials. Following recent downpour, … [Read more...] about Dyke breaches, farmers rush to save rice paddies