date:Jul 18, 2012
The department said that more than 4,600 ha of land used to grow rice and raise shrimp have yielded a bumper crop this year, with 4.5 tonnes of rice per hectare and 500 kg of shrimp per hectare, reportsVNS.
On average, each household earned a profit of at least VND100 million (US$4,784).
An additional 6,000ha of rice-shrimp farming land is expected to be harvested soon, resulting in a doubling of agricultural productivity compared to the corresponding period last year.
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