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City, March 6 -- Many agricultural cooperatives have achieved high safety standards and quality in recent years thanks to their increasing adoption of technology, enabling them to achieve sustainability and improve farmers' incomes .

According to Lam Ngoc Tuan, Chairman of the Tuan Ngoc Agriculture Cooperative in Ho Chi Minh City's District 9, his members use hydroponic vegetable cultivation techniques and achieve high yields, are not afraid of inundation during rains and high tides, grow plants evenly compared to those grown in soil, and plant the next crop right after harvest without waiting to prepare soil, increasing the number of crops in a year.

The average yield of hydroponic vegetables is 500 million VND (21.500 USD) per he...