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Harvesting tra fish in An Giang Province (Source: VNA) An Giang (VNA) - Tra fish breeds producers in the Mekong Delta have been urged to closely work with research institutes, universities and scientists to apply advanced farming techniques to produce high quality breeds. Tran Dinh Luan, deputy head of the Directorate of Fisheries, said that such breeds were needed to meet breeding requirements. Luan said that tracing the origin of bred fish was also important as tra fish, a freshwater fish bred in the delta, is one of the country’s top seafood exports, following shrimp. The country exported 1.8 billion USD of tra fish in the first 10 months of the year, an increase of 24 percent year-on-year, with more than 2 billion USD expected by the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. China, the US and the EU are the country’s three largest tra fish importers. Tra fish breeders in the delta, the … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta uses high-tech methods to raise tra fish

An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) Ca Mau (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested that the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau focus on developing hi-tech business models, especially in tourism. Working with provincial leaders on December 11, the Government leader said that the province should consider science and technology as the key to integration and development, especially biotechnology and new technologies suitable to the locality’s conditions. It is necessary to strengthen e-commerce in agricultural trading and selling, he added. The PM lauded Ca Mau’s performance in agricultural development with growth higher than the country’s average, along with positive economic transformation and economic infrastructure expansion, especially rural transportation system. He reminded the province to concentrate on environmental protection and natural disaster prevention and control, with special attention to forest development. He also asked the … [Read more...] about Ca Mau should develop more hi-tech business models: PM

Resolution No 10/2017 of the municipal People’s Council, which seeks to encourage investment to transform the farm sector into a modern, efficient and sustainable one in 2017-20, provides for the subsidy. The loan amount entitled to the support will be based on the investment scale and the regulations of the lending organisation.  The subsidy will be equal to the average VND12 month deposit interest rate at four State-owned banks - Agribank, BIDV, Vietcombank, Vietinbank - plus 2%. If the lending interest rate is lower than the subsidy rate, the subsidy provided will be equal to the former. The subsidy will cover the following components: basic construction, machinery and equipment for agricultural production and processing, harvesting birds’ nest, buying new fishing vessels and upgrading machine capacity, replacing existing unproductive dairy cows, and seed and hi-tech agricultural production. The term of support will depend on the approved production cycle but not … [Read more...] about HCM City to pay interest for hi-tech farms

Other News Next100 provides VND10b for tech startup By Van Ly Wednesday,  Dec 11, 2019,15:41 (GMT+7) Next100 provides VND10b for tech startupBy Van Ly Representatives of NextTech and PushSale shake hands at a signing ceremony to invest VND10 billion in PushSale – PHOTO: VAN LY HANOI – Startup support fund Next100 on December 10 signed a deal to invest VND10 billion in PushSale, a startup specializing in offering digital transformation solutions to online businesses. Also, NextTech Group, which owns Next100, will team up with PushSale to launch a campaign, called Push1000, to help 1,000 online businesses in Vietnam and two other Southeast Asian markets with digital transformations next year. With six years of experience in the field of outsourced marketing, PushSale founder Do Xuan Thang said that online businesses in Vietnam have heavily invested in online marketing activities but they lack a smooth … [Read more...] about Next100 provides VND10b for tech startup

This year continues to witness a wave of investments into Vietnamese start-ups, with millions of dollars of money announced. This is the list of 10 start-ups with highest investment based on public investment information, site ndh.vn reported. Some start-ups are believed to have successfully raised capital from US$75 million to $300 million, but specific amounts were not disclosed. 1 Sendo E-commerce platform Sendo of Sen Đỏ Technology JSC completed a $61 million Series C funding round. Besides previous investors, this round of fundraising has the participation of two new investors, Indonesian EV Growth and Thai Kasikornbank. Last year, Sendo successfully mobilised $51 million in Series B round. Trần Hải Linh, Sendo director general, said the company would use the new funding to expand its services, invest in AI technology and machine learning. 2 Lozi Lozi secured an eight-digit funding (in US dollars) led by South Korean investment firm … [Read more...] about 10 Vietnamese start-ups with highest investment in 2019