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VietNamNet Bridge - Startups in the agriculture sector are focusing on making products and ignoring projects on seed production. Vietnam has to import plant varieties Duong Hoa Xo, deputy director of the HCMC Agriculture Department, said though there are many institutes and schools in the city, no new seed variety has been created for many years. In the long term, the risk of losing export markets for Vietnam farm produce could occur because of technical barriers set by import countries. Product quality has decreased because of the degeneration of seeds. At a recent conference, a leader of MARD (the Ministry of Agriculture and rural development) said, in the long term, the risk of losing export markets for Vietnam farm produce could occur because of technical barriers set by import countries. Product quality has decreased because of the degeneration of seeds. RELATED NEWS Vietnam masters rice-seed production technology Agricultural seed market worth billions of … [Read more...] about The weaknesses of Vietnam agriculture

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese wooden furniture enterprises are considering setting up their production bases in Vietnam, raising worries among domestic manufacturers. Vietnam's woodwork exports may bring $8 billion in 2017 Chair of Tianjin Furniture Association Gao Xiu Zhi told the local press on the sidelines of an event on trade and investment promotion with Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei held in HCMC December 6 that the member companies of the association now want to relocate their production to Vietnam. Vietnam’s woodwork exports in 2017 may bring $7.8-8 billion, higher than the targeted $7.3-7.5 billion. The US, China, Japan, the EU and South Korea are the biggest export markets. A report shows that China exports $10 billion worth of woodworks to the US, much higher than Vietnam’s export turnover of $2 billion.  RELATED NEWS Vietnam wooden furniture products now target high-end market Wooden furniture manufacturers see great opportunities in 2017 … [Read more...] about Chinese furniture manufacturers relocate to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - To mitigate pollution caused by shipping operations and waste from seaports, experts say it is necessary to promote the development of environmentally friendly seaports. Vietnam needs green ports In many seaports, the content of oil on surface sea water is high. The oil waste from the vessels going in/out of large ports still cannot be collected and treated.  In addition, the emissions from vessels produced during fuel combustion also have an impact on the surrounding environment. Sooyeob Kim, a specialist from the UN’s Socio-Economic Commission for Asia-Pacific, said at a forum on shipping industry and port development held recently, that now is the right time for Vietnam, a sea-borne economy, to develop environmentally friendly seaports. These are ‘green seaports’ which use solutions to use energy in the most effective way and reduce consumption of energy. Nguyen Hoang Oanh from the Australia Maritime University, said to be able to … [Read more...] about Green seaports needed in Vietnam to reduce pollution from shipping operations

VietNamNet Bridge - A report from USAID found that by the end of July 2017 hundreds of solar power projects had been committed which have a total capacity of 17,000 MW. Vietnam has favorable conditions to develop solar power Both local authorities and investors hope the projects will get approval to become operational in the second quarter of 2019. Under Decision No 11 to encourage the development of solar power, construction and connection to the national grid must be completed before June 2019 to be eligible for the electricity sale price of 9.35 US cent per kwh. RELATED NEWS Vietnam solar power to be discussed at Future of Energy Summit New solar power plan to make investment easier Thien Nhien … [Read more...] about ‘Solar power fever’ breaks out in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of construction works granted green building certificates in Vietnam remains modest, but is rapidly rising. The number of green construction works remains modest In late 2017, Deutsches Haus, an A-class office building in the central area of HCM City, was inaugurated, providing 25,303 square meters of floor space.  Under the process of developing infrastructure in Da Lat and Sa Pa, forests have been devastated and architecture works cannot be properly preserved. The two cities have become noisy cities with many concrete houses. Not only office buildings, but apartment blocks have also gone green, including Diamond Lotus Riverside developed by Phuc Khang Group.ProblemsGreen map  RELATED NEWS Vietnam lacks green works despite legal framework Green construction still lagging behind in Vietnam Chi Mai … [Read more...] about Vietnam pursues green strategy in real estate sector