VIET NAM NEWS – Ho Chi Minh City (HCM City) is struggling to relocate nearly 20,000 slum homes situated on and along local canals. The city administration began the project in 2016 to improve the look of the area and bring better quality of life for local people, but a lack of funds means the […]
Vietnam: Organic dragon fruit farming expands in Long An
Vietnam s province of Long An will expand cultivation of organic dragon fruit, primarily in Chau Thanh district. Nguyen Chi Thien, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the authorities in the district, department and companies had piloted an organic dragon fruit model in Thanh Phu Long, Phu Ngai Tri and Duong Xuan Hoi communes that turned out to be highly efficient.
Nguyen Ngoc Tai, who cultivates 520 organic dragon fruit in Duong Xuan Hoi commune, said the model does not use chemicals and pesticides, and produces a high yield. According to him, organic dragon fruit plants are guaranteed outlets and sell for prices 10 per cent higher than the market price.