According to the 2011-2020 plan of forest protection and development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), it is necessary to set up material zone to ensure the annual exploitation of 0.5 m3/ha by 2015 and 1m3/ha by 2020.

THAI BINH — Many residents in northern Thai Binh Province have found spraying pesticide on local rice fields a way of getting additional income, regardless of protective working clothes shortage and health risks.

The Hanoitimes - The Prime Minister approved a list of priority national products, with developing high quality, high yield Vietnamese rice being the top priority.

Vietnamese state management agencies have admitted that genetically modified products have been present in Vietnam for a long time. Especially, they have been available everywhere in the market, competing with normal censored products.

According to the 2011-2020 plan of forest protection and development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), it is necessary to set up material zone to ensure the annual exploitation of 0.5 m3/ha by 2015 and 1m3/ha by 2020.

HCM CITY — The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to strengthen co-operation with travel agencies based in HCM City as it implements the second phase of an agriculture tourism project that seeks to raise the incomes of local farmers.

More than 40 coffee businesses and dealers in the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak and Dak Nong have recently fallen into debts and losses, and some have even gone bankrupt, due to the unexpected slumps in coffee prices.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to finalise and submit a plan for hi-tech agricultural zones to the Government for approval in June, said deputy minister Bui Ba Bong.

Hundreds of fishermen in Loc Binh commune of Phu Loc district of Thua Thien - Hue province, have left the lagoons for other places to earn their living, because of the sedimentation at the Tu Dung estuary, while the water is getting fresh but has killed aquatic creatures.

Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules that are inherited from parent trees. Research by scientists at the University of Texas has great significance for agriculture and an understanding of plant evolution.