Agriculture
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National food security policed
The government has decided to impose absolute tariffs on shipped rice from early August to ensure national food security. Decision 104/2008/QD-TTg stipulates that eight absolute tariff levels are imposed on rice exports. The tax levels have been calculated on the free on board (FOB) price.
05/08/2008
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Scientists breed rare Mekong River fish
Scientists from the National Centre for Freshwater Fish Breeding of Southern Vietnam have successfully bred several rare species of fish indigenous to the Mekong River , saving them from the threat of extinction.
15/07/2008
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Vietnamese agronomists are helping cultivation in Africa
In just a year Vietnamese farmers managed to help Sierra Leone double annual rice crops to two and quadruple per-ha rice yield to four tonnes, an unbelievable success that international experts had for long dreamt at.
10/07/2008
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Japan eyes all-round bird flu vaccine
Japanese researchers said on March 10 that they had paved the way to develop an all-round vaccine to protect people from bird flu, including potential mutations that could set off a global pandemic.
13/04/2008
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Farmers race against weather
Farmers in the northern region of the country are racing against time to sow the last rice seeds for their winter-spring rice crop after a month of crippling cold weather.
25/02/2008
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Tomatoes yield fortunes for Nam Dinh
Members of the Nghia Hong Agricultural Co-operative in Nam Dinh Province have managed to lift themselves from poverty by identifying a niche export market for tomatoes.
15/02/2008
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