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Vietnam's Mekong Delta likely to hit agricultural targets despite H1 losses in 2016

Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta, the largest in the region and known as the country's "rice bowl," is striving to realize agricultural targets set for 2016 amid harsh drought conditions and saline intrusion.

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Chinese scientists cultivate high-yield salt-resistant rice

Chinese scientists have cultivated a high-yield salt-resistant rice variety that boasts an output of six tonnes per hectare.