Kien Giang (VNA) - Growing Tac Cau pineapple, a specialty fruit in southern Kien Giang province, under Vietnamese good agricultural practices (VietGAP), has offered high profits for farmers in Chau Thanh district’s Binh An commune. Ho Van Dao, who has grown the fruit under the VietGAP standards for one year, said he had harvested 6,000 pineapples per hectare per year compared to 4,500 pineapples per hectare a year in the previous years. VietGAP pineapples are bought at a higher price because they look better, he said. They sell for 7,000 -12,000 VND (0.3-0.52 USD) a fruit, which is 1,000-2,000 VND higher than pineapples planted under traditional farming methods. Farmers growing pineapples under the VietGAP standards earn a profit of nearly 50 million VND (2,160 USD) per hectare a year. Organic fertiliser, which improves soil fertility, helps to reduce labour costs spent for tending the fruit. Tac Cau pineapples have been planted in the Mekong Delta province for more than 70 … [Read more...] about Farmers earn high incomes from VietGAP pineapples
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Attractiveness of Hoi An ancient streets – where time pauses
Quang Nam (VNA) - Experiencing the changes of space and time, yet Hoi An ancient streets still keep their old beauty, and relic complexes are maintained intact along with a huge intangible cultural base. Hoi An is an ancient town of the Vietnamese. It is located in the lower reach of Thu Bon River in the coastal plain in Quang Nam province, about 30 km south of Da Nang city. Hoi An has been known in the international market with various names like Lam Ap, Faifo, Hoai Pho and Hoi An. The only Southeast Asian port-market in Vietnam and very rare in the world, Hoi An keeps almost intact 1,360 architectural relics like streets, houses, assembly halls, communal houses, pagodas, shrines, clan houses, ancient wells and tombs. They bear both the Vietnamese traditional art characteristics and the convergence of eastern and western cultures. Through centuries, yet customs and practices, rites, cultural and belief activities as well as traditional foods of Hoi An are still kept and preserved … [Read more...] about Attractiveness of Hoi An ancient streets – where time pauses
Migration and Vietnamese identity
Even for those who stay legally in a foreign country, their life is not always simple. I have met some Vietnamese who had once gained relatively high social statuses back in Vietnam—university lecturers, business department managers and successful business people—and had left all at the home country to resettle in a foreign nation. Each has his or her own way. Therefore, it’s tough to say who is better than who. Life in Western economies is peaceful, where the environment and living conditions are perfect. Yet, in return, it is really tough to have a position equivalent to that in Vietnam, or simply work in the right profession. Vietnamese communities in New Zealand often make a joke by saying that to remain and live in this country, one can have only two options as far as the occupation is concerned. Be a manicurist if you’re a woman and a painter if a man, they would say. If a Vietnamese who settles in New Zealand as per the decision of his or her spouse, he … [Read more...] about Migration and Vietnamese identity
Pilgrim horde descends on Hanoi’s Perfume Pagoda
At the entrance to the cave, the words "Nam Thien De Nhat Dong" (The Best Cave in the South Sky) was carved in 1770 by Lord Trinh Sam of the Trinh family that ruled the country at the time. … [Read more...] about Pilgrim horde descends on Hanoi’s Perfume Pagoda
Fruit farms offer rural life experience for tourists
Quang Nam (VNS/VNA) - Sitting on the banks of the Thu Bon River, Dai Binh village used to be known for its bumper fruit harvests in the central province of Quang Nam, but now it has been transformed into a sustainable community-based farm tourism destination. Just 20km from the My Son Sanctuary, the village with a population of 1,200 earned a living for three centuries from growing fruits, but now it's day-trippers who are bringing in the cash. The village was established in 1778 during the country’s southward border expansion journey under Lord Nguyen Hoang. The emigration settled the village on the banks of the Thu Bon River, and the first villagers began growing fruits to make a living. Fruit zone In 1920, local herbalist Huynh Chau brought seeds of fruit species from affluent farms in the south of Vietnam. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Director of the Dai Binh Cooperative, said around 100 tropical fruit species such as jackfruit, citrus, grapefruit and langsat were … [Read more...] about Fruit farms offer rural life experience for tourists
