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Vietnam sees once-in-a-generation opportunity: Nikkei newspaper
Japan’s Nikkei newspaper has run a story highlighting the opportunity for Vietnam to rise stronger after the COVID-19 pandemic is completely controlled.
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A New Year firework show in HCM City, one of the major economic hubs of Vietnam (Illustrative image. Photo: VNA) |
It spotlighted Vietnam’s efforts in maintaining economic activities amid the pandemic, which made the country one of the Asian economies recording the highest growth in 2020.
The article noted that in 2020, Vietnam signed three free trade agreements (FTA), and saw the introduction of another airline, while rising to the sixth position in Southeast Asia in terms of per capita income.
It noted that Vietnam grasped the greatest opportunity in decades to become one of the countries with the highest GDP growth in the world with an expansion of 2.9 percent and an expected rate of 6.5 percent in 2021.
The article cited a report by Euromonitor as saying that Vietnam is forecast to be one of the markets with the busiest merge and acquisition (M&A) activities and the most potential M&A market only after the US.
In 2020, Vietnam joined three FTAs – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the EU-Vietnam FTA, and the UK-Vietnam FTA, it said. A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) showed that the GDP of Vietnam surpassed that of Singapore and Malaysia, making it the fourth largest economy in Southeast Asia for the first time.
With a lower risk of COVID-19 spreading, Vietnam is focusing on economic development, it said, noting that Vietnam aims to become a high middle-income country in 2025. The country received a large investment from Pegatron, a supplier of Apple and Samsung.
Meanwhile, domestic tourism activities almost saw no decrease, creating favourable conditions for Vietravel Airlines to launch in December 2020 and become the sixth airline of Vietnam. However, domestic airlines still suffered a drop in revenues because there were no international flights, forcing them to seek support from the Government.
In order to speed up recovery, the Vietnamese Government approved a 2.7 billion USD package, while cutting taxes and fees, providing more soft loans and increasing public spending, including investment in infrastructure, the article noted.
It underlined that Vietnam has stayed transparent about the pandemic and shared information about COVID-19 prevention and control measures. UNDP representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen said that experience in transparency, accountability and social connectivity will help the country overcome all crises in the future.
In the article, the author expressed belief that after COVID-19 is completely controlled, Vietnam will gain more achievements. Do Ventures co-founder Vy Le held that Vietnam should take advantage of the current situation to move forwards./.VNA
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-world/vietnam-sees-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-nikkei-newspaper-707570.html
Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
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Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/ttnewsstyle/20230329/schools-in-vietnams-dong-thap-strive-to-engage-students-in-vegetable-gardening/72327.html
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