Forestry

(VOVworld) - Vietnam earned nearly 21 billion USD from selling abroad farm, forestry and fish products in the eight months of 2016, up 5.6% from a year ago. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, coffee, aqua-products, cashew nuts, and peppers saw an increase in both output and value. Coffee achieved the highest export growth fetching 2.25 billion USD, up almost 40% in volume and 20.7% in value. It was followed by the exports of peppers earning revenue of more than 1 billion USD. The export value of fishery products amounted to 4.3 billion USD, a rise of over 4% on the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Agro-forestry-fishery exports earn nearly 21 billion USD in 8 months

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam earned 20.6 billion USD from selling abroad farm, forestry farmed fish products in the first eight months of 2016, up 5.6 percent from a year ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The figure included 2.76 billion USD attained in August alone. Agri-products contributed 9.9 billion USD to the eight-month turnover, a 5.7 percent increase against the same period last year. It included 1.51 billion USD from the sale of 3.37 million tonnes of rice, down 13.1 percent in value and 16.6 percent in volume year-on-year. China remained the biggest rice importer of Vietnam, accounting for 36 percent of the total market, with 1.04 million tonnes worth 476 million USD in the first seven months of this year, showing a drop of 21.6 percent in volume and 11.9 percent in value. Coffee exports fetched 2.25 billion USD from 1.27 million tonnes, up 39.9 percent in volume and 20.7 percent in value. Germany and the US were the two biggest … [Read more...] about Agro-forestry-fishery exports earn nearly 21 billion USD

The central province of Quang Binh should fully tap its natural advantages to develop agriculture, forestry and fishery industries, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said in his visit to the province on February 6. The Party leader told provincial officials that with mountains making up 85 percent of the province’s natural area, a 116-km coastline, and a vast continental shelf and economic exclusive zone, these sectors have great potential to develop along the path of industrialisation and modernisation. He also suggested that Quang Binh should pay more attention to tourism development, noting that besides the UNESCO-recognised world natural heritage Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, the province boasts numerous destinations for cultural and spiritual tourism. The Party General Secretary hailed the province for its good performance in implementing the Party Central Committee’s Resolution on Party building. He required the local authorities to focus their … [Read more...] about Quang Binh province urged to develop agro-forestry-fishery

Wild boar and fox meat on sale at Moi Market in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. — VNA/VNS Photo Cong Dien LAM DONG — Lam Dong forestry officers have raided five restaurants suspected of serving illegal game in the resort city of Da Lat. Provincial Forest Protection department director Pham Thanh Binh said five teams, working with Wildlife Conservation Society officials, had inspected the restaurants. All had wild-animal meat stored as their specialities. Tu Loan Restaurant in Hai Ba Trung Street was found with 150kg plus the arms of two bears; the head of a gibbon and about 40 live bamboo rats. A fridge at the Nhat Ly Restaurant, Phan Dinh Phung Street, had 12kg of wild boar and porcupine and more than 10kg of snakes were found in the Huong Dong Restaurant, Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Road. Game meat seized at other restaurants took the total to 300kg. "It was our biggest campaign with 100 inspectors," said director Binh. "All the illegal meat was carefully hidden which … [Read more...] about Forestry officers raid illegal game restaurants in Da Lat