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Low selling price Bac Lieu Province has two districts engaged in the salt farming industry, namely Dong Hai and Hoa Binh. Ben Tre has Ba Tri District with more than 1,020 hereditary salt-farming households in four communes, consisting of Bao Thuan, Bao Thanh, Tan Thuy, and An Thuy, with a total area of 850 hectares. The salt farming area in Bao Thuan and Bao Thanh communes alone accounts for 600 hectares. These are also the two communes recognized by Ben Tre Province as salt making villages. Mr. Tran Van To, a farmer in Bao Thanh Commune, said that his family has been following the salt-making industry for a long time. The initial cost for his 6,000 square meters of salt evaporation ponds is a few million Vietnamese dongs. However, the price of salt at the end of the crop is merely at VND25,000-VND28,000 per bushel that is not enough to make up for the cost for hiring workers to carry salt from the ponds to the shore which costs VND6,000 per bushel. Thanks to severe hot weather, the … [Read more...] about Despite good harvest, salt farmers battered by low prices

In an apparent chicken and egg situation, many Vietnamese producers have reportedly postponed the premiere of their summer movies, as they do not want their pictures to hit almost-empty cinema halls only to bring in meager revenues. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese cinemas remain empty as industry awaits post-pandemic rebound

Tokyo (VNA) - Vietnam is a potential and emerging market, with low risks, good economy and stable politics, Eto Shinji, General Manager of Japanese building product distributor JUTEC Corporation’s Overseas Business Department, has said. “That's why we decided to go there. That was in 2015,” he noted in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent in Tokyo recently. According to him, at first, his company tried to sell Japanese building materials in the Vietnamese market. But unfortunately, the way of building houses in Vietnam is totally different from Japan’s one, and thus, building materials used in Vietnam are totally different from those used in Japan. “We had tried to sell our products to those who have special technical knowledge of Japan, but it was not easy. As a result, we changed our mindset to adapt to the market and then, decided to enter its real estate market because we thought that there is a close link between … [Read more...] about Vietnam hailed for good economy, stable politics: Japanese business executive

Ms. Angel Ng, Chief Executive Officer of Citi Hong Kong and Macau, said, "The impact of COVID-19 has been felt acutely across the globe and in these challenging times those that are vulnerable are struggling more than ever. With school closures, job disruptions, health risks and rising food prices, food assistance for the vulnerable has never been more vital. This is why we choose to collaborate with Feeding Hong Kong to build an inventory of emergency food boxes to distribute to vulnerable households across Hong Kong as the need for food assistance increases." … [Read more...] about Citi Foundation Donates US$150,000 to Feeding Hong Kong for the Provision of Staple Food Supplies to 5,600 Vulnerable Households

Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students have returned to school after a delay of more than two months because of the coronavirus outbreak AFP/Ed JONES The country has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus, but reported its biggest spike - 79 new cases - in nearly two months as life appeared returning to normal. … [Read more...] about South Korea re-imposes some social restrictions to combat new COVID-19 cases