Tien giang

VietNamNet Bridge – Many pineapple farmers in Tien Giang Province’s Tan Phuoc District, the largest pineapple planting area in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, are taking losses because of fluctuating prices caused by an oversupply. A farmer in Tien Giang Province harvests pineapples. — VNA/VNS Photo Nam Thai Nguyen Xuan Hai, deputy head of the district’s Agriculture and Rural Development, said that pineapples were selling for VND2,000–3,000 a kilo. Since mid-year, the price has ranged from VND1,500–5,500 a kilo. With the decline in price, farmers are now suffering a loss of VND10-15 million (US$440-$660) per ha per crop. The fruit has helped many farmers escape poverty in recent years. Tan Phuoc’s Queen pineapples, one of the main varieties in Tien Giang, are well-known for high quality. The district has about 16,500ha of pineapples with an average yield of 20 tonnes per ha per crop. A pineapple crop lasts between 12-15 months. … [Read more...] about Delta pineapple farmers suffer losses due to fluctuating prices

China’s state media expressed concern over growing “nationalism” by “a few Vietnamese radicals” Tuesday after a weekend of anti-Chinese protests swept the nation. Vietnamese officials arrested around 100 people throughout the country this weekend who participated in protests against a draft law that would allow foreign companies to lease Vietnamese land for 99 years, prompting concerns that China would take advantage of the deal to colonizing Vietnamese territory. China has already imposed itself in Vietnamese maritime territory, creating artificial islands and placing military assets in the Paracel Islands of the South China Sea, which international law has deemed not to be Chinese territory.The protests against the draft lease law dovetailed by midweek into protests against a cybersecurity law that would force Google, Facebook, and other tech giants to catalog Vietnamese citizens’ behavior online and open offices in Vietnam, presumably to allow the … [Read more...] about China Blames ‘a Few Vietnamese Radicals’ for Widespread Anti-Beijing Protests

The Hanoitimes - Vietnam addresses the national sovereignty and territorial integrity through peaceful means combining the political, diplomatic and legal instruments. Vietnam keeps a firm stance on the friendship, stability, and peace with China and other countries without being get involved in the competition between Beijing and Washington, the Ministry of Defense has affirmed.    A Kilo-class submarine owned by Vietnam. Vietnam addresses the national sovereignty and territorial integrity through peaceful means combining the political, diplomatic and legal instruments to firmly safeguard territorial unity, integrity and sovereignty and the sovereignty over the sea and the islands, VnExpress cited the ministry as saying in a document answering voters.  In response to the voters’ comment, the ministry affirmed that maritime issues in the East Sea, which refers to the South China Sea in Vietnamese, should be solved basing on the United Nations Convention … [Read more...] about Vietnam doesn`t want to get caught in Sino-US competition: Defense ministry

Construction materials industry to maintain high growth The building materials industry has grown at 8-12 percent in the past three years and is expected to maintain good growth next year, a seminar heard in HCM City on December 26. Pham Van Bac, head of the Ministry of Construction’s construction materials department, said this year most construction materials manufacturers operated at full capacity. Demand for their products was very high, including overseas, with exports accounting for 30 percent of total sales of certain materials. Pham Thiet Hoa, director of the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City (ITPC), said: “The construction materials industry has made remarkable progress both in terms of quality and quantity. Vietnam, from being a country that had to import most construction materials, has become an exporter of some key items.” He quoted figures from the General Department of Vietnam Customs that show the country exported 1.67 billion USD worth … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 28/12

The occupancy rate of operational industrial parks (IPs) across the nation hit 73 percent in 2018, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Department of Economic Zone Management has said. An aquatic product processing factory in My Tho Industrial Park in My Tho city, Tien Giang province As of the end of 2018, the country had 17 coastal economic zones (EZs) established on a total land and water area of over 845,000ha. In addition, plans have been outlined to build the Nhan Co EZ in Nam Dinh province.  Currently, there are 326 IPs across 63 cities and provinces, 250 of which are operational. The rest are under construction or awaiting land clearance. More than 87 percent of the active IPs had their own waste water disposal plants with a capacity of 950,000 cubic metres per day. The total registered and adjusted capital of the 1,060 foreign investment projects at all IPs and EZs was reported at 8.3 billion USD at the end of 2017. By December 2018, IPs and EZs nationwide … [Read more...] about Occupancy rate of industrial parks reaches 73 percent