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How unsafe food reaches Vietnamese’s dining-table?

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the New Year holidays are coming, contaminated sausage, smoked pork legs made of expired frozen meat, and dried grapes dyed of industrial colorings are slipping into stores and supermarkets.

Experts: Mekong dams threaten ecology

  VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned the construction of a dozen dams on the Mekong River’s mainstream is threatening the river’s ecology and the wellbeing of a lot of residents in the river basin.

Vietnam seeks end to malnutrition

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government on October 5 began an integrated nutrition and food security programme to end malnutrition and stunting for children and vulnerable groups in Vietnam.

Innovation key for agriculture: Minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – Agriculture is a key industry that drives competitiveness, enhances economic growth and serves as the momentum for inclusive growth in Southeast Asia, a ministry official said at a meeting held on Wednesday in HCM City.

Poor water management hits Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Mekong Delta, which is home to 18 million people, has suffered adverse consequences due to poor water resource management,

Vietnam ready to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

To cope with the consequences of climate change including high temperatures, rising sea levels, increases in natural disasters, landscape changes and economic damages, Vietnam has joined hands with the international community to protect and develop

US official to highlight partnerships for growth, education, science and technology

 The US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Asia, Jonathan Stivers, is traveling to Vietnam from March 19th - 21st.

Farmers' needs are a priority

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers have emphasised that the plight of farmers needs urgent attention, Viet Nam Farmers' Union President Nguyen Quoc Cuong tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam.

Excessive pesticides detected in Chinese produce

The National Agro-Forestry–Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) on May 27 issued a warning that 17 batches of fruit and vegetables from China have tested positive for excessive pesticides.

Tardy projects can lose their land

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Land Law seeks to redress unequal land distribution for development projects, Nguyen Manh Hien, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, tells the Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.

NA Chairman says investment in rural areas in the national interest

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung yesterday, Jan 6, called for major improvements to the living conditions of farmers saying this was key to ensuring rural development and national industrialisation.

Nation faces energy, water resources challenges

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing many challenges in energy, food security and water resources given the adverse impacts of climate change,

Food security for Southeast Asia on the menu

About 60 international and domestic decision makers and researchers have debated how to build scenarios for food security, environment and livelihoods for Southeast Asia by 2050.

Five provinces allowed using 1,200ha of paddy land for projects

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has permitted five provinces to use more than 1,260 hectares of rice land and protective forest to implement a number of projects and works.

ASEAN, China celebrate decade of ties, plan future development

VietNamNet Bridge – The robust and comprehensive development between ASEAN and China over many years has become one of the key pillars in regional co-operation, positively contributing to common peace, stability, development and prosperity,

Vietnam considers cutting rice farming area down

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists believe that it’s now the right time for Vietnam to cut down the rice growing area, especially when farmers now tend to give land back to the State.

Australia to rejuvenate River Murray system by commonwealth environmental water

 Around 300 billion liters of commonwealth environmental water will flow into the River Murray Valley in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia over the next seven months, helping rejuvenate natural assets

Death from... mouth!

According to the Environment Police Agency, Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest rate of morbidity and mortality from cancer in the world. Recent studies show that 70 percent of cancer cases in the country are due to unsafe diet.

A ton of rotten animal organs seized on the way to HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 25 boxes containing about 1.3 tons of rotten animal organs on a high quality bus was detected by the police of the central province of Quang Tri on the early morning of April 21.