Rubbing salt into the wound

There is not yet suitable answer for the lack of industrial salt delaying chemical projects in Vietnam. This is despite the fact that chemical manufacturing firms are crying out for industrial salt and asking for imports. Le Van Hung, director of Southern Basic Chemical Company, said his company needed 80,0000 industrial salt tonnes for its [...]

Salt producers abandon fields as prices and productivity fall

Salt farmers nationwide have been caught in such a difficult situation that many have left their fields idle even as peak production season looms, local reports say. They say that this season has been characterised by low productivity, low prices and large stockpiles of low quality salt that is difficult to consume. The country produced [...]

Salt producers abandon fields as prices and productivity fall

Salt farmers nationwide have been caught in such a difficult situation that many have left their fields idle even as peak production season looms, local reports say. They say that this season has been characterised by low productivity, low prices and large stockpiles of low quality salt that is difficult to consume. The country produced [...]

Vietnam salt inventory at 220,000 tons YTD

Vietnam currently has 220,000 tons of salt in stock year-to-date while the new crop in the Mekong Delta River is on track Vietnam currently has 220,000 tons of salt in stock year-to-date while the new crop in the Mekong Delta River is on track, the online newspaper Danviet reported on February 16, citing the Ministry [...]

High-quality salt plant takes shape in Ninh Thuan Province

The Viet Nam Development Bank branch in southern Ninh Thuan Province and Ha Long Ltd Company on Thursday signed a credit contract to build a plant processing high-quality salt. The 40ha plant with a total investment of VND350 billion (US$16.6 million) will be built in an industrial park that processes salt, including iodized salt, in [...]

Bac Lieu farmers stuck with salt

With the next production season all set to start, farmers in Bac Lieu Province have 134,000 tonnes of black salt still in stock, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. During the last season at the beginning of this year, Bac Lieu, which, at 3,500ha, has the largest salt-production area in the [...]

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