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Genetically modified crops planned for experiment

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Vietnam will put some genetically modified (GM) crops on experimental production from now to 2010, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat before the National Assembly on Nov. 11.

Under a plan approved by the Government, those crops will be grown on a wide mass scale from 2011.

To facilitate the introduction of biotechnology into agriculture, the Agricultural Genetics Institute has prepared a set of regulations on assay and assessment of GM crops.

According to experts, the use of biotechnology in Vietnam may increase the corn output up by 28 percent from 4.5 tonnes cialis 5mg side effects per ha currently, while lowering the cost of insect and disease prevention cialis drugstore pills for sale by 100 USD per ha.

The Ho Chi Minh City Biotechnology Center said it plans to buy insect and disease-resistant corn seeds from the Philippines, whose natural conditions are similar to Vietnam’s.

GM crops have been permitted in 23 countries with productivity proved much higher than traditional crops./.

Source VNA

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November 18th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

Vietnam not to equitise State-owned agro-forestry farms

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23/04/2008 Hanoi (VNA) – The government has no plan to equitise State-owned agricultural and forestry farms but only transform them into the form of companies, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has said.

 

The Deputy PM was speaking where can i buy prescription drugs without a prescription at a conference on rearrangement of State-owned enterprises (SoEs) in Hanoi on April 23.

 

He suggested forming five central-level cialis pills for sale missions in charge of surveying agricultural and forestry farms in all 64 provinces and cities to assess their management models and suggest measures to improve the business efficiency of these important economic units.

 

Stressing the need to ensure the interests of labourers, Deputy PM Hung said the Government will allow the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to represent in owning the State capital in State-owned groups and corporations.

 

The cialis 20 mg cost Deputy PM also asked the relevant agencies to speed up the plan to rearrange and renew SoEs in order to help accomplish the country’s socio-economic development targets.

Source VNA

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November 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

Exports of agro-forestry-fishery products rocket in value

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28/10/2008 Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam raked in 13.6 billion USD from the export of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first ten months of this year, up 25.7 percent over the same period in 2007. 

According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and cialis pro Rural Development (MARD), aquatic products, rice, wood and wooden furniture, coffee and rubber, have joined the group of 11 export staples posting a turnover exceeding 1 buy prescription drugs online without prescription billion USD for the reviewed period. 

However, the ministry said that earnings from farm product exports in October dropped by 7 percent against the previous month, registering just 1.4 billion USD for the month, despite a year-on-year increase of 25.6 percent.

This decrease in export revenue is being attributed to the decline in prices of many key agricultural products due to the global financial crisis. The price of rice plummeted to 587 USD per tonne from 800 USD in September; the cost of cashew nuts fell to 5,400 USD per tonne from 6,500 USD in early August, while the price of pepper dropped by 20-25 percent.

Moreover, a number of agricultural products such as coffee and rice are enjoying bumper harvests, with the increased supply having a detrimental effect on prices over recent months. 

Experts predict that local exporters will find it increasingly difficult to win new contracts as the price of rice continues to fall, while demand for rice in the global market is expected to drop in the near future. 

This is one of the factors behind the recent decrease in the price of summer-autumn paddy rice in the Mekong Delta. Vietnam has to date signed contracts to export 4.5 million tonnes of rice. 

The Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dang Kim Son, said that prices of agricultural products tend to fluctuate rapidly when supply is unstable. 

Vietnam has a golden opportunity to expand its markets for consumable farm produce such as rice, due to the fact that many countries are currently unable to produce enough to meet domestic demand. 

In further move, the MARD has advised local farmers online cialis sales and businesses to improve the quality of agricultural products for export in order to sharpen competitiveness and expand into new overseas markets to reduce their dependence on traditional consumer markets.

Source VNA

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November 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

The World Bank will offer Vietnam a total grant of USD 1.2 billion in the 2009 fiscal year

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The World cialis dosage daily Bank will offer Vietnam a total drugs without a prescription grant of USD 1.2 billion in the 2009 fiscal year, Vietnam News Agency reported July 15. The grant, coming from the International Development Association ? will be used to fund 12 projects and programs that boost economic growth reduce inequalities and improve people?s living conditions in Vietnam.

Mat Aron Deraman, Executive Director online cialis sales of the World Bank’s South East Asia region, announced the extent of support for the current fiscal year during a meeting Monday with Central Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau, according to a statement

Source VNA

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November 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy 2006 - 2020

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The Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy (VFDS, 2006 - 2020) was approved by the Prime Minister on 5 February 2007.

The overall objective of the strategy are:

To daily cialis review sustainably establish, manage, protect, develop and use 16.24 million ha of  land planned
for forestry; to increase the ratio of land with forest up to 42 – 43% by the year 2010 and 47%
by  2020;  to  ensure  a  wider  participation  from  various  economic  sectors  and  social
organizations  in  forest  development,  how to buy prescription drugs without a prescription to  increase  their  contributions  to  socioeconomic
development, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental services
supply,  to  reduce poverty  and  improve  the  livelihoods  of  cialis buying rural mountainous  people,  and  to contribute to national defense and security.

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November 7th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Announcement of Important Upcoming Workshop on LAND CONSOLIDATION FOR FOREST PLANTATIONS

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The forestry sector in Vietnam is undergoing many important changes, as the country becomes
increasingly integrated into the global economy. These changes are reflected in the new Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy (2006-2020). This strategy sketches out medium-term strategic directions for the forest sector aimed at ensuring a wider participation from various economic sectors and social organizations, to make more meaningful contributions to national socio-economic development, poverty reduction and improvement of rural livelihoods and environmental protection.

Among the targets set out by the forestry strategy are development and sustainable management buy prescription drugs without prescription of material forest areas for timber and non-timber products (NTFPs) in association with the forest products processing industrial development plan. These efforts will require the active engagement of all relevant stakeholders, as well as the mobilization of other needed resources and investment financing, especially from the private sector – both domestic and foreign. As already pointed out during the Forestry Investment Forum organized on 9 May 2007, limited access to land is a major factor constraining achievement of this target.

With permission of H.E. Minister Cao Duc Phat, a national workshop on Land for Production Forest Plantation will be held in early December 2007. The workshop has been proposed by Department of Forestry (DoF) and the Institute for Policy and Strategy of Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) cialis premature ejaculation and is being supported by Forest Sector Support Partnership Coordination Office (FSSP CO). The organization of this workshops is a follow-up to the Forestry Investment Forum.

Purpose of the Workshop
The workshop will focus on the theme of “Land Consolidation for Production Forest Plantations: Status and Challenges”. It will discuss possible means for land consolidation for development of production forests and consider ways in which household lands can be used for reforestation, while still contributing towards the improvement of the livelihoods of mountainous people.

The workshop will provide an opportunity for decision makers, forest owners, investors and policyresearchers, through discussion and policy dialogue, to analyze the land constraints to plantationestablishment and propose an action plan to resolve these issues, including policy development.

The workshop will invite experts to provide overviews of the forest land policy and to present casestudies of successful – as well as unsuccessful – efforts of plantation establishment.

Who cialis dosage 20mg Should Attend

Participation by representatives from the following organisations is anticipated:

* Governmental agencies from central and provincial levels;
* Research institutions; and
* Plantation companies and investors.

For more information, please contact

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong

FSSP Coordination Office (FSSP CO)

No. 6, Lane 42, Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Tel: 84-4-762 9411 – ext. 107 Fax: 84-4-832 5223

Email: phuong.fssp@hn.vnn.vn or phuong.fssp@gmail.com

Participants are requested to register their interest in the meeting in advance, as participation will be limited. Further annoucement and registration forms will be made available and can be downloaded from the FSSP website, www.vietnamforestry.org.vn, very soon. The invitations and agenda for the event will be sent out in late November 2007.

Kindly note that another workshop on sharing benefits and improving rural livelihoods will be organized by IPSARD, in conjuction with the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) of Vietnam.

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November 1st, 2008 at 10:22 pm

National Conference on Mangrove Forest Restoration and Development for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

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The restoration and development of mangrove forest are very necessary as this is a strategy to promote investment on conservation of coastal ecosystems, and to mitigate the threats and damage from sea level raising and tsunami to the ecosystems and local people. It is not only important for natural and biodiversity conservation, but also important for the mitigation and adaptation of the climate change for Vietnam, the country is predicted to be the most affected. 

FSSP in collaboration with the Forest Science Institute of Viet Nam and Department of Forestry, with financial support from Trust Fund for Forests – TFF will organize a National Conference on Mangrove forest restoration and development for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The workshop will take place in Kim Do hotel on 5-6 November 2008. 

The workshop is open for all interested FSSP partners. If any partner would like to attend, please confirm your attendance by sending back cialis for men (fax or email) the registration form (attached also) to FSIV at khanh-icd@fsiv.org.vn;, prescription drugs without prescription fax: 04-38389722 and FSSP CO at hang.fssp@hn.vnn.vn, fax 04-37711431, no later than 15th Oct 2008.

Please find more details in the attached documents.

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November 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm