Farms

Lobsters take to the street

HCMC – Lobsters have long been a delicacy for well-to-do gourmets in the country but in recent days, the crustacean has been found on sale along several streets in HCMC just as a sundry seafood.

Tourists still pay for bear bile

Several bear farms in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City still cater to South Korean tourists who buy fresh bile taken from live animals despite a clamp down.

China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy

Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace

Livestock breeders expand, use hi-tech

More breeding farms are being set up, and they are increasingly using high technology.

Breathtaking Ka La

Located on National Highway 20, about 200 kilometers from HCMC, to tourists, Di Linh is a stop on the way to Dalat, the city in mist and pine trees.

Bear bile: authorities say no, traders say yes

Though owning and selling bears or products from bears is illegal in Vietnam, there is a roaring trade in bear bile

Children of the cannabis trade

Vietnamese children now make up the largest group of children being trafficked into the UK, primarily for exploitation in the cultivation of cannabis, Mei-Ling McNamara from Aljazeera reported

Delta farmers hard hit by oyster deaths

Farmers in the southern region have suffered huge losses after nearly 3,000ha of oyster farms have been afflicted by diseases since March.

Prices rise despite stabilisation effort

The HCM City Department of Finance has approved a request by food company Vissan, which participates in the city's price stabilisation programme, to increase the price of pork by 5-10 per cent beginning last Friday.

Large-scale rice farms become operational

Several dozen large-scale rice fields with areas of between 100 and 2,000 hectares have been put to use in the Mekong Delta for the ongoing summer-autumn rice crop.

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