The People's Committee of Lam Dong Province issued a decision to approve a list of 279 lakes, ponds and lagoons in the Central Highlands province prohibited to be leveled on June 7.
Ho Chi Minh City is a key market for agricultural products from the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong, especially vegetables and fruits. Over the years, thanks to the close connection between the two localities, the value of agricultural products in Lam Dong has been increasingly enhanced, and consumers in Ho Chi Minh City are also assured of food safety due to controlled quality.
On November 8, the prices of goods at some points of sale and traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City were recorded to have increased compared to a few months ago. Accordingly, prices of vegetables, meat, and fish surged by VND3,000-VND15,000 per kg, depending on the type.
In recent years, Lam Dong and Ninh Thuan provinces have continuously called for national investment in the restoration of the Thap Cham – Da Lat cog railway route.
Being introduced into Da Lat City decades ago, the persimmon harvest season in the city of Lam Dong Province and surrounding areas including Lac Duong, Don Duong usually starts in late August to the end of November.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chau, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Dong Province, said that from August 22 to September 15, Lam Dong Province will send a total of 5,000 tons of vegetables to support Ho Chi Minh City, including many kinds of vegetables and tubers with a long shelf life, such as cabbage, napa cabbage, bean, carrot, potato, gourd, winter melon, cucumber, tomato, kohlrabi, radish, and beetroot.
Duc Trong vaccination center of the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) has just come into operation in the Central-Highlands Province of Lam Dong’s Duc Trong District.
The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has just required the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to urgently evacuate people from flood-prone areas to safe places as the ongoing prolonged rainfall is able to trigger flash floods.
The People’s Committee of District 11 yesterday announced that Dam Sen Flower Market, sited in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City, was allowed to open in the short term from June 11-13 to serve the public demands on Dragon Boat Festival Day, the fifth day in the fifth lunar month, and to help flower farmers in Lam Dong Province.
