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Long An has huge potential for agricultural development, including development of produce for export. In recent years, the province has formed a number of commodity-oriented agricultural production areas. There are more than 200 agricultural product processing enterprises in the province, most of which provide preliminarily processed produce with low added value. Only a few foreign-invested enterprises are capable of intensive processing, and they mainly use imported materials. In 2022, the provincial industry promotion sector will continue to prioritize support for agricultural product processing enterprises Long An has acknowledged the need to develop produce processing and is mobilizing resources to that end. Through a key national industry promotion project, the Industry and Trade Promotion Center of Long An Province has provided practical assistance for agricultural product processors in the region. The HG Food Vietnam Joint Stock Company has invested in a new … [Read more...] about Produce processors receive major help

WHODUNIT: A scene from 'Trại Hoa Đỏ' (Red Flowers Farm), a TV series by Vietnamese-American Victor Vũ. It is produced and will be released on K+, a leading satellite digital television channel in Việt Nam, this year. Photo courtesy of the producer Popular Vietnamese-American director Victor Vũ is filming in the Central Highlands his latest work, Trại Hoa Đỏ (Red Flowers Farm), a TV thriller series produced by K+, a leading satellite digital television channel in Việt Nam. Vũ and his 100 crew members have spent two months filming in Lâm Đồng Province, including its capital and largest city, Đà Lạt. They will move to famous tourist sites, such as Lạc Dương Lâm Hà and Bảo Lâm districts, next week. Trại Hoa Đỏ is based on the novel of the same name by best-selling female writer Di Li (real name Nguyễn Diệu Linh), a pioneer in the Vietnamese detective literature genre in recent years. The eight-episode show begins with the deaths of seven young women. The murders … [Read more...] about Award-winning film director shooting TV show in Đà Lạt

More than 90 people participating in the meal (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – The committee in support of Tran To Nga who sued US firms for manufacturing the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam on June 24 offered a charitable meal in Paris to raise fund for her lawsuit . The meal, the third of its kind after those in March and May, was participated by more than 90 people, including Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang and MP Sandrine Rousseau of the Europe Écologie les Verts (EELV) - Green Party. Nga said she was happy and felt touched when seeing a large number of overseas Vietnamese and French friends attending this event. She stated that this is a great honour and encouragement for her in this arduous and long battle. In 2014, Nga, who used to be a war correspondent in south Vietnam during wartime, sued the multinational companies, including Monsanto - Bayer, that produced or supplied herbicides for the US during the war … [Read more...] about Tran To Nga’s dioxin lawsuit receives encouragement

A worker produces anti-counterfeit stamps at Tien Duong Organic Agricultural Cooperative in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Despite production and market difficulties due to the pandemic and climate change, many districts, firms and organisations in Hanoi 's agricultural sector have remained strong thanks to the application of science and information technology. It has helped them improve their products’ value and meet the technical requirements of import markets. In the past few years, Hanoi’s agriculture sector has implemented many programmes and solutions to support businesses and cooperatives to promote the application of information technology in the production and processing of agricultural products, which have brought many benefits, such as increasing the product value, food safety management and product information transparency. Tran Sy Hung, Director of Nghia Minh Mushroom cooperative in Dan Phuong district, said his cooperative had applied information … [Read more...] about Hanoi applies IT to enhance value of agricultural products

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) has recommended that wooden cabinet producers and exporters continue to review the export activities of their products subjected to the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s anti-circumvention and anti-subsidy investigation. The recommendation was made given DOC’s fresh announcement on extending the time to submit comments and provide feedback to the case by one week. As such, the new deadline is 5pm of June 30 (Eastern Time) or 4am of July 1 (Vietnam time). The authority also requested the producers and exporters to study thoroughly the US’s anti-circumvention regulations and investigation procedures. They were also asked to fully comply with the US side’s request for information provision while working closely with the TRAV during the case settlement. On May 24, DOC launched a probe to find out whether or not wooden cabinets from Vietnam and Malaysia that include components … [Read more...] about Wooden cabinet exporters advised to review activities related to US’s investigation

Shark catfish exports to China in particular increased by 124 percent, accounting for 26.5 percent of shark catfish export trade turnover, according to data by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. It is followed by exports to the U.S. with a 131 percent, EU with a 89 percent, Thailand with a 85 percent, and Brazil with a 51 percent increase. At the end of April, the price of exported frozen shark catfish to the U.S. reached a new peak at $5 per kilogram, around $2 higher than the same period last year. In China, the price of filleted shark catfish was around $3.15-3.25 per kilogram, around $0.5 per kilogram higher than the same period last year. Shark catfish trade is expected to flourish this year, BIDV Securities Company anticipated. It said demand in the U.S., China and EU would be high following long periods of Covid-19 restrictions. In the U.S., importers have taken in more shark catfish as its stock inventory had run low following two years of Covid-19. The … [Read more...] about Shark catfish exports reach record high

Earlier this month, Johnson survived a vote of confidence by Conservative lawmakers in which 41 percent of his parliamentary colleagues voted to oust him, and he is under investigation for intentionally misleading parliament. On Friday Conservative candidates lost two parliamentary by-elections held to replace former Conservative incumbents who had to step down, one after being convicted of sexual assault and the other for watching pornography in the House of Commons. The by-election defeats suggest the broad voter appeal which helped Johnson win a large parliamentary majority in December 2019 may be fracturing after a scandal over illegal parties held at Downing Street during coronavirus lockdowns. Under Conservative party rules, its lawmakers cannot formally challenge Johnson for another year, but overwhelming dissatisfaction or resignations by a series of senior ministers could make his position untenable. Britain is also in the midst of its deepest cost-of-living crisis in … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s

Delegates attend a digital transformation for technical infrastructure conference in HCM City last week. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Digital transformation has become a critical need for technical infrastructure companies to recover quickly, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, a seminar heard in HCM City on Friday. The challenges brought by the pandemic fostered the need for digital transformation, which was widely and quickly adopted across ministries, other official agencies and businesses across the country. Vietnamese enterprises took a pioneering role in research, development and innovation, mastering technologies and making important contributions to developing a digital economy. Nguyễn Văn Đắng, director of the Gia Định Water Supply Joint-Stock Company belonging to the Saigon Water Corporation, said digital technologies have improved administration and production activities, helping better serve customers. Water supply companies, for example, use GIS … [Read more...] about HCM City considers ways to speed up digital transformation