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Update news rice crop
From the end of May to early June, rice in paddy fields ripens in Sai Son commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi. Farmers flock to the fields to harvest the rice under the sweltering heat of summer.
Water shortages are affecting more than 57,000ha of rice farmland in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, with entire crops at risk of being wiped out completely due to the prolonged drought.
VietNamNet Bridge – Experts believe that restoring and developing deepwater rice needs to be done urgently to conserve genetic resources and biodiversity, and adapt to climate change.
Most enterprises believe that bribery has become a common practice and an “unwritten rule” in Vietnam, according to a survey on corruption sponsored by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID).