Shadowing Practice: Phát âm chuẩn cùng VOA - Anh ngữ đặc biệt: Vietnam Food Safety (VOA-Ag) - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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Vietnam is working to meet goals for food production and food security.
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In doing so, the government supports use of pesticides and other chemicals on crops.
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Farmers use these substances to help crops grow and protect them from insects and other threats.
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Signs along roads in Vietnam say, Do not abuse pesticides.
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Think of the buyer.
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But the government has few rules restricting the use of pesticides.
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Some Vietnamese are so worried about the issue that they buy food only from growers they know.
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There is a website that can help food shoppers.
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It lists stores in Hanoi that sell safe vegetables.
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The Vietnamese buyers group, Venastas, set up the website in 2011.
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Dong Qian Qian is part of the team that runs the site.
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She says stores have to meet requirements to be included on the website.
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For example, they must prove they get their vegetables from farmers who do not use chemicals.
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Dong says a store will be removed from the list if it does not obey the rules.
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Eduardo Sabio is with VICO, a Belgian non-government agricultural group.
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It supports the local website.
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Sabio says pesticide misuse in Vietnam is a real problem.
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He says there is a process to confirm that products are free of man-made chemicals, but he says it is too costly for farmers.
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Savio says the Safe Food website uses what is known as the Participatory Guidance System.
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It supervises food safety through quality reports from farmers groups, traders, and local officials.
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The system is used in more than 20 countries around the world.
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And, Mr.
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Sabio says, Vietnamese farmers keep detailed notes about their pesticide use.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Carla Babb.
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