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While apricot farmers in Ho Chi Minh City are greatly concerned by their trees’ early blossoming, their counterparts in some Mekong Delta provinces are worried their flowers will not bloom in time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Even worse is the fact that the ratio of flowers damaged during the planting process due to [...]
The five-day annual Flower Festival in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat just concluded on January 3 but it did not seem to meet the expectations of visitors hoping to see a more sophisticated festival. After spending 3 days visiting and attending the “Da Lat – The Flower Festival City” festival, Ngo Lan Phuong [...]
With wonderful conditions of weather and soil, the resort town of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is the kingdom of flowers. Local artisans use these valuable sources of materials to create incomparable ornamental trees. At the Da Lat Flower Festival, which closed on January 3, visitors had a chance to [...]
After receiving the majority votes for the lotus as national flower, the pink lotus was featured at another exhibition in Danang, on April 26. Pink lotus has been a focus of the one-week exhibition, which is represented in photography, painting, pottery, handicrafts, and ao dai designs. The event also featured other candidates in the race [...]
Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival 2012 will be held at the International Square in District 3 and Tao Dan Park in District 1 from January 18 to 28, 2012. Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival will feature various kinds of flowers. (Photo: KK) The annual festival will feature around 6,000 exhibits of [...]
Prickly. Heavy. “Oh, please don\’t let it fall on my foot.” This was the thought that entered my mind the first time I held a durian. Noble as it is ugly, this expensive fruit definitely stands alone. The Durian is seen as the king of all fruits and is highly sought after in Asia as [...]
Vietnamese fruit exporters say their products are being hindered by the American Food Safety Modernization Act which took effect earlier this year. Speaking at the seminar on farm produce export to the US held in HCMC, Mai Xuan Thin, director of the fruit trading company Red Dragon, said his firm is anxious about shipments. Since [...]
Two highlights of the Da Lat Flower Festival this year will be the floral parade, entitled Flower and Light, organised by the provincial cultural centre, and a flower show by the Da Lat Flower Association. Photo: Internet The festival will be held from December 31 to January 3 in the highlands province of Lam [...]
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and the HCM City Commercial Union of Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) signed an agreement last week that will promote cultivation and consumption of “safe fruits and vegetables.” Lam Dong is the largest vegetable and fruit supplier to HCM City, accounting for [...]
Despite a bountiful fruit crop, farmers in Mekong Delta have been distressed because the fruit prices have dropped dramatically. Fruit price decreases put farmers on tenterhooks Rambutan growers in Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Hau Giang, Can Tho and Tien Giang are weeping because the prices have plummeted. Having a bountiful crop, but farmers [...]