Vietnamese man finds success after quitting high-paying job for fresh start in agriculture
Travel 11:30 19/11/2021Nguyen Ba Truc gave up his well-paid managerial position in Ho Chi Minh City to pursue agriculture
Tourists fall victim to unproven herbal medicine in Vietnam
In-Depth 21:02 19/03/2015A number of tourists have fallen prey to herbal “medicine” of unclear origin and quality which is widely sold at many scenic spots throughout the Mekong Delta region, including Phu Quoc Island, a paradise-like tourist attraction off the southern Vietnamese coast
Western herbs take root, yet not firmly in Vietnam
Travel 15:36 22/10/2014Over the past few years, several farms in Da Lat resort town in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have provided local restaurants with high-quality supplies of organic Western aromatic herbs.
Vietnam woman taps medicinal herbs to make healthful joss sticks
In-Depth 16:12 05/10/2014A woman in Ho Chi Minh City has made the most of medicinal herbs in her hometown to produce non-chemical, healthy incense in the past three years
Charity group grows medicinal herbs on unused land
Vietnam News 09:50 11/09/2014For the past few years, a group of farmers in An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta have grown medicinal herbs on deserted, or temporarily unused, land and supplied local clinics with hundreds of tons of fresh herbs to offer poor people free treatment.
‘Tamed’ medicinal herbs improve farmers’ lives in Vietnam
In-Depth 13:48 06/03/2014A group of farmers in Quang Nam’s mountainous Tien Phuoc District have improved their lives considerably by cultivating wild medicinal herbs in their home gardens
