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HCMC firm earns big by exporting leaves

HCMC firm earns big by exporting leaves

While pandan, cassava , and banana leaves are usually considered by-products, or products of low value, a Ho Chi Minh City-based company has reaped thousands of US dollars annually by exporting these leaves to the EU

OPEC lowers 2012 oil demand forecast

OPEC lowers 2012 oil demand forecast

Oil exporting countries lowered slightly their world demand forecast for 2012 on Tuesday as ministers gathered in Vienna to discuss output levels amid tensions over Iran and slowing global growth

Mining must not harm people's lives

Mining must not harm people's lives

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasised the Government's consistent standpoint of ensuring socio-economic efficiency in minerals exploitation, focusing on processing and not exporting raw minerals.

Local rice faces competition from India, Pakistan

Local rice faces competition from India, Pakistan

With fierce competition from low-cost Indian and Pakistani rice exporters, the bonanza for Vietnamese rice exporters in this year’s last quarter has not come as earlier expected

Advice for Vietnamese companies exporting to France

Advice for Vietnamese companies exporting to France

French experts gave advice to Vietnamese exporters when investing in the French market at a seminar held May 24 in Hanoi

Phu Yen gets help to lift tuna exports

The central coastal province of Phu Yen is hoping to signficantly increase its tuna exports following a co-operation agreement signed with Japanese companies.

Vietnam fertilizer makers ordered to stop exporting

Vietnam fertilizer makers ordered to stop exporting

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered a halt to fertilizer exports until December 31 to ensure enough supply for the upcoming winter-spring rice crop.

Vietnam tightens seafood import standards

HCMC – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will look into food hygiene and safety standards of countries exporting seafood to Vietnam, said Deputy Minister Luong Le Phuong.

From Health

ASEAN task pressure talks about mental health

The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to

Desperate people get free facial, eye surgery

Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical