Vietnamese Consumers Shop for 'Safe' Vegetables Online

在越南消费者从网上购买安全蔬菜

From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.

美国之音，英语教学，这里是农业报道!

Vietnam is working to meet goals for food production and food security. In doing so, the government supports use of pesticides and other chemicals on crops. Farmers use these substances to help crops grow, and to protect them from insects and other threats.

越南致力于实现粮食产量及粮食安全的目标。在此过程中政府支持对农作物使用农药或其他化学制品。用这些可以帮助农作物生长，保护它们免受害虫及其他威胁。

Signs around Vietnam carry the message "don't abuse pesticides, think of the buyer." But the government has fewer rules restricting the use of the pesticides. Some Vietnamese are so worried about the issue that they buy food only from growers they know, or they buy food online.

越南各地的广告牌都在传播“为消费者着想，不要滥用农药”的信息。但政府限制农药使用的规定很少。一些越南人非常担心这个问题，所以他们只从熟识的种植者那买菜，或者上网买菜。

Tran Thuy Nhat is a 30-year-old mother who lives near Hanoi. She shops in the city center, but she worries about pesticides, so she buys vegetables only from people she knows in her village. If she did not, she says the food could harm her baby.

Tran Thuy Nhat30岁了，是一位妈妈，住在河内附近。她在市中心购物，但是因为害怕农药，所以她只从她认识的村民那购买蔬菜。如果不这么做的话，食物可能会伤害到她的宝宝。

Not everyone knows a trust for the farmer, but there is a website that can help. It lists stores in Hanoi that sell "safe vegetables". The Vietnamese buyers group Vinastas set up the website in 2011.

并不是每个人都信任农民，但有一个网站可以帮到。它列举了河内卖“放心菜”的商店。越南的消费者组织在2011年建立了这个网站。

Dang Kiem Hien is part of the team that runs the site. Ms Hien says stores have to meet requirements to be included on the website. For example, they have to prove that they get their vegetables from farmers who do not use chemicals. Ms Hien says a store will be removed from the list, if it does not obey the rules.

Dang Kiem Hien是经营这家网站的成员之一。Hien女士表示商店必须达到相关要求才能在网站上显示。比如说，他们必须要证明他们的蔬菜是从没有用过农药的农民那采购的。如果商店不遵守网站的相关规则，就会被撤销。

Eduardo Sabio is with VECO, a Belgian non-government agricultural group. It supports the local website. Mr Sabio says pesticide misuse in Vietnam is a real problem.

Eduardo Sabio就职于VECO，这是一家比利时的非政府农业组织。它为这家当地网站提供支持。Sabio先生表示，滥用农药在越南是一个现实的问题。

"The government has a list of pesticides that are allowed, but almost always there are "illegal" pesticides that get over the border and get to the farmers," Sabio said.

Sabio表示“政府对可以使用的农药有一个清单，但总有不合法的农药越境被卖到农民手里。”

Mr Sabio says the Vietnamese safe food website uses what is known as the Participatory Guidance System. It supervises food safety through quality reports from farmers groups, traders and local officials. The system is used in more than 20 countries around the world. And Mr Sabio says Vietnamese farmers keep detail notes about their pesticide use as well as that of neighboring farmers.

Sabio先生表示越南安全食品网站用所谓的参与式指导系统。通过来自农民、商人和地方官员的质检报告监督食品安全。这个系统被全世界20多个国家使用。Sabio先生还表示越南的农民会对自己以及邻居在农药使用方面做详细记录。

And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver.

这就是美国之音英语教学农业报道。我是Caty Weaver。

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.

Vietnam is working to meet goals for food production and food security. In doing so, the government supports use of pesticides and other chemicals on crops. Farmers use these substances to help crops grow, and to protect them from insects and other threats.

Signs around Vietnam carry the message "don't abuse pesticides, think of the buyer." But the government has fewer rules restricting the use of the pesticides. Some Vietnamese are so worried about the issue that they buy food only from growers they know, or they buy food online.

Tran Thuy Nhat is a 30-year-old mother who lives near Hanoi. She shops in the city center, but she worries about pesticides, so she buys vegetables only from people she knows in her village. If she did not, she says the food could harm her baby.

Not everyone knows a trust for the farmer, but there is a website that can help. It lists stores in Hanoi that sell "safe vegetables". The Vietnamese buyers group Vinastas set up the website in 2011.

Dang Kiem Hien is part of the team that runs the site. Ms Hien says stores have to meet requirements to be included on the website. For example, they have to prove that they get there vegetables from farmers who do not use chemicals. Ms Hien says a store will be removed from the list, if it does not obey the rules.

Eduardo Sabio is with VECO, a Belgian non-government agricultural group. It supports the local website. Mr Sabio says pesticide misuse in Vietnam is a real problem.

"The government has a list of pesticides that are allowed, but almost always there are "illegal" pesticides that get over the border and get to the farmers," Sabio said.

Mr Sabio says the Vietnamese safe food website uses what is known as the Participatory Guidance System. It supervises food safety through quality reports from farmers groups, traders and local officials. The system is used in more than 20 countries around the world. And Mr Sabio says Vietnamese farmers keep detail notes about their pesticide use as well as that of neighboring farmers.

And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver.