ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY
Delta rice yields high despite bad weather
07/07/2014|10:03:00
Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region have harvested one-fourth of the summer-autumn rice, with an average yield of 5.6 tonnes per ha, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Plant Cultivation Department.
Illegal mining activities outrage ethnic farmers
18/06/2014|03:15:00
Many ethnic households in the northern mountainous Lai Chau Province's Ban Giang Commune have accused a farm owner of illegally exploiting minerals, which has polluted the environment and damaged crops.