The Korea Jeju Coast Guard found the 25-ton vessel with its upper side entirely burnt between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Vietnam Plus reported. The rescue team found one Korean member of the missing crew unconscious without a life jacket in waters 7.4 kilometers south of the boat. He was taken to a hospital on Jeju Island where doctors pronounced him dead. The Vietnam Labor Management Board in South Korea has confirmed the boat fire information and said the youngest among the six missing Vietnamese victims is 24 and the oldest 45. The Korea Jeju Coast Guard has also provided the names and personal identification details of the fishermen to Vietnamese authorities, the report said. … [Read more...] about Six Vietnamese, five Koreans missing after fishing boat catches fire
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Vietnamese wins men’s crown at Nepal international badminton tournament
On Sunday Cuong, ranked 110th in the world and Vietnam’s second best player, won the match 2-1. He won the first game 24-22, but quickly lost the second 9-21 before clinching the title with a hard-fought 21-19 win in the decider. Namkul, ranked 131st in the world, had beaten Vietnam's top player Nguyen Tien Minh in the quarter-final last Friday. Cuong beat India's Kiran Kumar Mekala in the last eight and Siril Verma in the semifinals. Canada's Xiaodong Sheng was the other losing semifinalist. It was Cuong’s first international title of the year. The Yonex Sunrise Nepal International Challenge had total prize money of $25,000. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese wins men’s crown at Nepal international badminton tournament
IFAD and Vietnamese agrarian centre cooperate to boost climate-resilient chain value production
Thomas Rath, Country Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development in Việt Nam, and representatives from four countries - Laos, Cambodia, China, and Việt Nam, including representatives from six Vietnamese provinces who have taken part in IFAD projects, took part in last week workshop to mark the inception of a project between Việt Nam and IFAD aiming to expand climate-resilient chain value initiatives. — Photo courtesy of the Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (CASRAD) HÀ NỘI — A workshop was held last week to mark the inception of a project between Việt Nam and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) aiming to expand climate-resilient chain value initiatives. The project, which will be implemented by the Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (CASRAD) under the Việt Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with funding … [Read more...] about IFAD and Vietnamese agrarian centre cooperate to boost climate-resilient chain value production
Pork shortage in Vietnam expected later this year
Vietnam is expected to import more pork in the coming months to make up for domestic shortages as African swine fever continues to spread, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). A slaughterhouse in HCM City. The city has encouraged businesses to buy healthy pigs and stockpile frozen pork to prepare for potential shortages caused by the spread of African swine fever. MoIT’s Centre for Industry and Trade Information said pork is being sold at unusually low prices because of lower demand. Pork prices dropped to between VND25,000 (US$1) and VND34,000 per kilo in the north, down VND3,000-VND6,000 from the previous month. Prices in the south were VND35,000 per kilo, down VND5,000-VND10,000. The ministry said pork supply has been limited as some 1.5 million pigs were culled in the first four months of the year, accounting for 5 per cent of all the country's pigs. African swine fever has been detected in 53 cities and provinces. The epidemic was expected to … [Read more...] about Pork shortage in Vietnam expected later this year
Imported pork dirt cheap, domestic livestock industry in danger
The amount of pork imported to Vietnam in the first four months of the year was six times higher than that in the entire year of 2018. The import price is VND5,000-7,000 per kilogram lower than the domestic price. In 2018, Vietnam imported $5.3 million worth of pork. Meanwhile, in the first four months of 2019 alone, Vietnam spent $24 million to import pork. The mass imports have increased the burden on Vietnamese farmers’ shoulders. They have had to struggle with African swine fever (ASF) which caused sales to drop dramatically, and compete with foreign imports. “With such production cost, farmers find it very difficult to compete with imports,” Binh said. Kim Chi Agriculture Ministry suggests meat stockpiling to pre-empt pork shortage Vietnam is seeking solutions to prevent pork supply shortage in the coming time as African swine fever continues to spread. Pork imports spike, Vietnam's livestock industry under pressure Vietnam has … [Read more...] about Imported pork dirt cheap, domestic livestock industry in danger
