Reviewing Tea Sector Branding and Stimuli

(VEN) - However, Vietnamese tea is likely to reduce in terms of volume due to bad weather and highly increased fertilizer prices. Nguyen Thi Anh Hong- Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Tea Association (Vitas) said that Vietnam’s tea production is expected to reach 160,000-170,000 tonnes in 2011, of which, Vietnam will export 120,000-130,000 tonnes with an average unit price of US$1.45/kg.

Vietnam, Benin, Nigeria Transfer Technology

(VEN) - Agreements on cooperation in technology research and transfer were concluded recently in Hanoi between the National Department of Science-Technology Information under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Agriculture Research Institute 1, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Songhai Agricultural Technology Center of the Republic of Benin, and heads of the diplomatic delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of Nigeria in Hanoi.

Food prices reach ‘dangerous levels’, warns World Bank chief

Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

Research & Hi-Tech Foster Agricultural Mechanization

(VEN) - After four years the KC.07/06-10 project on the undertaking of research to apply and develop technology to serve rural and agricultural industrialization and modernization has been implemented, with more than 200 technologies and technology process created which have contributed to increasing product productivity and quality and reducing product prices. Technological renovation has fostered production development, created jobs and increased incomes for farmers and people in rural areas.

Enhancing Adoption of Biotechnology in Agriculture

(VEN) - Adoption of bio-technology in agriculture is considered a breakthrough in building a developed agriculture. However, investment in bio-technological research and application does not match its potential and meet the demand of agricultural production.

Science Enriches Poor Rural Areas

(VEN) - In the past six years, a program titled 'Setting up a model for science, technology application and transfer to serve socioeconomic development in rural and mountainous areas' has contributed to generating jobs to increase incomes for millions of workers in many remote districts throughout the country.

Extracting the Added Value from Tra Fish

(VEN) - If Vietnam exports 600,000 tonnes of tra fish products every year, more than 1 million by-products will be used to produce animal feed which has low value. With the hope to add value to tra fish products, Le Thanh Tuan, director of the Sao Mai Construction Investment Joint Stock Company in An Giang (ASM) has often traveled abroad to research technology that produces food and material oil from fish fats with high Omega 3 content for pharmaceutical and cosmetic production.

12 fresh-water fish species discovered in Vietnam

The Wildlife at Risk (WAR) has announced the discovery of 12 species of fresh-water fish in Vietnam.