Tag Archives: Vietnam

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Bac Lieu, and Can Tho University inaugurated...

IRRI Director General Bob Zeigler speaks in Vietnam Hanoi—Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) this week put its full...

With her tiny frame, blunt-cut bangs, and trendy outfits, 28-year-old Truong Thi Thanh Nhan looks more like a school girl than a farmer. Nhan earned her...

A new international research hub has opened in Hanoi,Vietnam, to develop climate-smart farming technologies that reduce the impact of climate change on...

Global rice prices have been fairly stable since 2012 after a run up in the first half of 2011 in anticipation of the reintroduction of the Thai mortgage...

By planting flowers around their rice paddies, women farmers in Vietnam are saving 42% on insect control costs. The women, from Tien Giang Province, participated...

Vietnamese farmer drying rice under the sun. (Photo: IRRI) Vietnam’s mighty Mekong Delta comprises nine river mouths that give it its local name, “Cuu...

Farmers tending their rice fields in Cambodia. (Photo: IRRI) The Asia Society and the International Rice Research Institute task force report, Never an...

Upland rice in Bae Kan, North Vietnam. (Photo: IRRI) Just south of Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, the great Mekong River meets the South China...

A sweeping view across mountains in northern Vietnam takes in all the components of the rice landscape: upland rice planted on steep slopes, paddy rice,...