Vietnamese American boy invited as university guest lecturer (03/03/2011)
Nguyen Tuong Khang, a 12-year-old Vietnamese American, has been invited by a university in
Gov’t considers inflation curbing top priority (02/03/2011)
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng stressed that inflation curbing is the Government’s first-of-all task, and asked relevant ministries, sectors and localities to take synchronous measures to fulfill the goal.
ASEAN makes pact on rice reserves (02/03/2011)
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VN’s technical goods consumption grows 28% in 2010 (01/03/2011)
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Emulation work to closely following central tasks (01/03/2011)
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has stressed that the emulation work should closely follow the central tasks set up for 2011, including inflation curbing, macro-economic stabilizing, and social welfare guarantee.
50 million dong for dredging Ben Loi - Binh Chau waterway (28/02/2011)
Recently, Xuyen Moc District People"s Committee decided to advance VND 50 million for dredging, clearing the Ben Loi - Binh Chau narrow passage to serve circulation of fishers" boats.
Female scientist and new rice variety (25/02/2011)
Using $9000 granted by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Professor Nguyen Thi Tram and her co-workers created a new rice species and sold it for VND10 billion (over $500,000).
In mid-2008, agricultural scientists were surprised at the news that a female scientist sold her new rice variety for VND10 billion to a business in Nam Dinh province. The female scientist was Professor Nguyen Thi Tram, the winner of the Kovalevskaia Award for outstanding female scientists in 2000, the winner of the State Sci-Tech Award 2005, Labor Hero title winner 2010 and the creator of many new rice varieties.
150ha of green vegetables managed according to VIETGAP standard (24/02/2011)
BR-VT province has currently 150/8,125ha vegetable land managed according to Vietgap quality and safety standard, accounting for 18.25% rate, according to BR-VT Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Electricity price to increase in March (24/02/2011)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Feb. 23 signed a decision to increase the average electricity price to 1,242 VND/kWh (not including value added tax) from March 1, up 165 VND/kWh compared with the average price applied in 2010.
VN helps Laos develop agriculture’s strategy (21/02/2011)
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted to the Government for approval a project to assist
