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Mekong River Delta wastes 140,000 tons of fertilizer a year
VietNamNet Bridge - The Agricultural Environment Institute estimates that the volume of fertilizer unnecessarily used in agricultural production in Mekong Delta is around 140,000 tons a year.
Pesticides and chemicals polluting flower villages
VietNamNet Bridge - The sun was hot, but it was still foggy in the Me Linh flower village in Hanoi. The strong smell from the flower fields came from the pesticide the farmers had just sprayed.
Pesticide abuse raises food safety concerns
VietNamNet Bridge – Widespread abuse of pesticides was undermining food safety in the country, participants said at a recent conference on plant protection held in Hanoi.
