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Fly trap and brown plant hopper
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Fly trap and brown plant hopper

Looks like a simple fly trap but catches flies effectively. This is the result of tinkering with the design of Mr. Le Quang Bao (Quyet Thang Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Na…

December 16, 2018
Compress mud into bricks
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Compress mud into bricks

Weng Huanxin, a professor at Zhejiang University, China has successfully developed a new method of turning mud into non-toxic materials to make bricks and cement cheap.

December 16, 2018
Use 'natural enemies' to replace pesticides
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Use 'natural enemies' to replace pesticides

The scientists of Insects, Department of Agricultural Sciences at Hanoi University of Agriculture 1 have successfully implemented the process of breeding prey spiders wi…

December 16, 2018
Feed commercial crabs in earthen ponds
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Feed commercial crabs in earthen ponds

In order to help people diversify farming species, in early 2006, Thua Thien - Hue Fishery Extension Center implemented a commercial crab farming model in earthen ponds.…

December 16, 2018
Pairing for mango
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Pairing for mango

Southern Fruit Research Institute cooperates with other provinces in the Mekong Delta to select the first good varieties of Cat Chu and Hoa Loc mangoes to transplant

December 16, 2018
Preserving household-sized paddy
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Preserving household-sized paddy

During storage, paddy seeds often suffer from a number of phenomena: mold, fermentation, moth infection, moisture transfer in grain mass, self-heating ... when suffering…

December 16, 2018
Rice transplanters
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Rice transplanters

Soc Trang province has just commissioned a rice transplanting machine produced by the Institute of Agricultural Electrical Engineering and post-harvest technology to exp…

December 16, 2018
Pumps thanks to ... wind power
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Pumps thanks to ... wind power

The sun and wind are unfavorable in the Central region, but a resident of Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province, turned that disadvantage into usefulness, when making the water…

December 16, 2018
Experience in raising copper frogs
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Experience in raising copper frogs

At present, farmers in many localities in the whole country are mainly copper frogs (domestic frogs), this frog species, highly adaptable to the climate conditions of ou…

December 16, 2018
Non-destructive fingerprint collection techniques
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Non-destructive fingerprint collection techniques

Traditional methods for collecting fingerprints often use powder, liquid or steam, and they can destroy fingerprints for later analysis. A new technique using X-rays wil…

December 16, 2018
Saving water for cotton plants
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Saving water for cotton plants

Cultivation method to save water for cotton plants is being successfully tested by Nha Ho Cotton Research Institute, Ninh Thuan province, which is effective for cotton g…

December 16, 2018
Radar measuring speed system in France
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Radar measuring speed system in France

For many years, the number of deaths due to traffic accidents (traffic accidents) in France has always been 8,000 people / year (high rate compared to other countries in…

December 16, 2018
Turn coal into 'green' fuel
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Turn coal into 'green' fuel

Supplying 25% of the world's energy needs with abundant and extensive reserves while prices are relatively cheap, coal is considered a 'situational' fuel during the peri…

December 16, 2018
How to whiten pangasius meat
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How to whiten pangasius meat

A new study of Minh An hatchery, Vinh Long province, has introduced technical measures to make catfish meat from yellow to white.

December 16, 2018