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Mr. Nguyen Van Doi, Director of Binh Thanh Agricultural Service Cooperative in Lap Vo District in Dong Thap Province, said that thanks to favorable weather, and fewer pests and diseases, the investment costs of the 2020-2021 winter-spring rice crop declined significantly. Rice yield is estimated at 7.5-8 tons per hectare. Although there is about one month left before farmers in the Mekong Delta start to harvest the winter-spring rice crop, many traders have come to the fields to deposit to buy fresh paddy at an average price of VND6,200-VND6,800 per kilogram, depending on rice variety, in recent days. “At this price, on average, farmers have a profit of about VND30 million per hectare or more. Such profit is quite high, ensuring farmers have money for a happy Tet holiday. More than 1,000 hectares of winter-spring rice of the cooperative are considered to meet the set requirements,” said Mr. Doi. In Can Tho City, Ms. Lam Thi Chin, a farmer in Dong Binh Commune in Thoi Lai … [Read more...] about Traders flock to Mekong Delta provinces to deposit for winter-spring rice

The façade of the Vinh Long Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Hospital, where L.T.T., Vietnam’s 1,440th Covid-19 patient, is being quarantined - PHOTO: SGGP HCMC – L.T.T., Vietnam’s 1,440th Covid-19 patient, who had illegally entered Vietnam from Cambodia, has been discharged from the Vinh Long Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Hospital after testing negative for the disease three times, said Van Cong Minh, director of the Vinh Long Department of Health. … [Read more...] about 1,440th Covid-19 patient discharged from hospital

They thoroughly discussed the connotation and form to express the position and leadership of the Party over the Vietnam People’s Army in the Amendment Draft of the 1992 Constitution, the functions and missions of the Vietnam People’s Army, and relations between the Party and State in managing and leading the Vietnam People’s Army. … [Read more...] about PAN holds seminar on Party’s role in leading the Army

In the first ten months of 2020, Japan imported 11,030 tonnes of sweet potatoes worth USD13.86m, a decrease of 6% and 15.2% respectively compared to the same period in 2019. The average import prices for potatoes in Japan was USD1,257 a tonne, a 9.7% decrease According to the International Trade Centre, the demand for sweet potatoes in Japan is still very high. China is the biggest seller to Japan with 5,300 tonnes of sweet potatoes in the first ten months of 2020, an increase of 11.9% on last year and accounted for 48.4% of Japan's total imported potato values. Vietnam is in second place with 3,500 tonnes of sweet potatoes, a decrease of 19.4% compared to the same period last year. Indonesia is in third place with 2,260 tonnes, a decrease of 16.5% on last year. However, Vietnam's sweet potatoes are at highest prices of USD2,047 a tonne while sweet potatoes from Indonesia and China were sold at USD1,461 and USD650 a tonne. Sweet potatoes are one of the main crops in Binh Tan … [Read more...] about Vietnam boost sweet potato exports

Two other landslides also occurred in two communes in Nam Tra My District on Wednesday, burying over 50 people. By Thursday morning, 16 bodies have been found while rescue teams are rushing to find 35 missing people. … [Read more...] about 11 people reported missing in another landslide in Quang Nam