Ha Noi boosts use of organic vegetables

Capital Ha Noi is investing VND100 billion (US$6.25 million) in expanding organic vegetation to 80 percent of the municipal total 8,000 ha of vegetables fields by 2010.

Organic vegetables made up 44 percent of the city's total vegetable areas and 38 percent of the total output with a production of almost 58,000 tonnes last year.