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The story of Vietnam’s slum dog billionaires

The story of Vietnam’s slum dog billionaires

Only four years after receiving billions of Vietnamese dong in compensation from a hydropower project, the number of poor households in a so called “billionaire’s village” has doubled.
Saltwater threatens to drown nearly half of Vietnam's paddy fields

Saltwater threatens to drown nearly half of Vietnam's paddy fields

Mekong Delta fruit farmers being killed off by saline intrusion

Mekong Delta fruit farmers being killed off by saline intrusion

Tractors bigger threat to wildlife than climate

Tractors bigger threat to wildlife than climate

Farming and hunting pose a more immediate threat to wildlife than climate change.
August 10, 2016 | 09:00 pm PT
Vietnamese retail giant joins forces with local farmers to grow safe vegetables

Vietnamese retail giant joins forces with local farmers to grow safe vegetables

Vingroup will invest $13 million in 1,000 farmers to grow safe agricultural products. 
September 3, 2016 | 07:00 pm PT
Asia continues battle as Vietnam declares free of bird flu

Asia continues battle as Vietnam declares free of bird flu

Vietnam's agriculture ministry announced in late May that the country was free of the H5N1 virus after weeks of no new cases.
June 6, 2017 | 11:02 pm PT
The hands that feed: Portraits of global farmers

The hands that feed: Portraits of global farmers

Whether on a rural field in Hanoi or inside a futuristic container in Brooklyn, they work hard to put food on our tables.
June 10, 2017 | 12:22 am PT
As climate change gathers pace, is livestock a problem or solution?

As climate change gathers pace, is livestock a problem or solution?

Livestock farming sustains many smallholder farmers here, while a few grow drought-tolerant crops like sorghum and millet.
August 23, 2017 | 08:00 pm PT
Painted buffalo plows a year of good fortune in northern Vietnam

Painted buffalo plows a year of good fortune in northern Vietnam

Only the most beautiful beast gets the honor of pulling the first plow of the new year at the Tich Dien Festival.
February 22, 2018 | 05:13 am PT
Tons of radishes left to rot due to massive oversupply in Hanoi

Tons of radishes left to rot due to massive oversupply in Hanoi

Favorable weather has led to a bumper crop at an unfavorable time for farmers.
March 17, 2018 | 01:50 am PT
Rooting for an organic wonder in central Vietnam

Rooting for an organic wonder in central Vietnam

The ‘Vietnamese ginseng,’ grown in sylvan surroundings in Quang Nam Province, can fetch up to $4,400 per kilogram.
June 17, 2018 | 05:00 am PT
Hoang Anh Gia Lai bets on banana, Chinese market in agriculture switch

Hoang Anh Gia Lai bets on banana, Chinese market in agriculture switch

Once a leading property developer, Hoang Anh Gia Lai has reinvented itself as a hi-tech agriculture giant.
June 29, 2018 | 05:49 pm PT
The seeds of a new business sprouts to Saigon

The seeds of a new business sprouts to Saigon

Selling durians for cheap as long as the seeds are retained or returned - Saigon gets into the act.
August 2, 2018 | 12:08 am PT
Local auto giant buys entire bond issue of agricultural company

Local auto giant buys entire bond issue of agricultural company

Truong Hai Auto Corporation has bought almost the entire convertible bonds issue of Agrico, Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s farming subsidiary.
August 5, 2018 | 08:57 pm PT
Vietnam may recall re-export order of wheat containing thistle seed: govt

Vietnam may recall re-export order of wheat containing thistle seed: govt

Vietnam could recall an order that requires companies to re-export wheat cargoes containing Canada thistle, the government said on Wednesday.
October 17, 2018 | 07:14 pm PT
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