In the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 pandemic, many agricultural products have faced difficulties in transportation and consumption. Fortunately, with the support of the nationwide postal network, farmers have boldly put agricultural products on e-commerce platforms and found consumers.
The People's Committee of Krong Pak District in Dak Lak Province recently held a seminar to remove difficulties for durian trading businesses, cooperatives, and households.
Drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have been heavily affecting the lives of people across the country and the Central of Vietnam. Despite difficulties, farmers in the Central provinces still maintain production and cultivation to create agricultural products, vegetables, and fruits to serve their lives, increase their incomes, and support Covid-19-hit areas in the province and the South.
Even though it is the durian harvest season in Dak Lak, around 1,000 tons of durians are unsaleable due to Covid-19. Prices of the Ri6 durian variety are down to US$1.09-$1.31 per kilo.
Hopeless and disappointed is the current feeling of thousands of Mekong Delta farmers when summer-autumn rice is being massively harvested because many households are waiting for traders, but they still have not come to buy paddy yet.
The Center for Disease Control of Long An Province (CDC), on the afternoon of August 1, provided Chau Thanh District with 10,000 quick covid-19 test kits to test workers, who harvest and transport dragon fruits, and workers at warehouses to timely meet the progress of harvest and consumption of 15,000 tons of dragon fruits of farmers.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, on June 11, had a meeting with leaders of Vinh Long Province, and at the same time met purple sweet potato farmers in Binh Tan District to have a long-term solution to solve the problem about consumption for agricultural products in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Only a few days left until the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, a large number of domestic and international products have been imported to Ho Chi Minh City for consumption.
The Economy and Budget Division of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City made a field trip and had a meeting with key enterprises of the city on the preparation of goods for the upcoming Lunar New Year on December 23.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the general purchasing power on the market showed signs of improvement, and the supply of goods, especially the group of essential food products, was very abundant in November this year. To maintain stable prices, enterprises need to focus all resources on production, organize more promotional activities and promotions to stimulate shopping demand at the end of the year.
The Ho Chi Minh City has set a target to develop renewable energy of 1.74 percent of the city’s total renewable energy consumption in the period of 2016 -2020, said the HCMC department of natural resources and environment.
