People in Bangladesh are familiar with molasses, a syrupy sweet, and the most popular versions of it are made from sugarcane and dates. But very few know that molasses can also be produced from nipa ...

Locals wade through muddy swamps in Saigon’s outlying Can Gio District to harvest nipa palm fruits, earning around VND500,000 ($21.57) each time. Once a week, Le Xuan Hung, 56, of Can Gio goes into a ...

The southern part of Bangladesh is blessed by nature and its resources. A few days back, I went to Nilganj union of Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali. A village named Nabipur there is famous for golpata ...

Phan Minh Tiến, whose start-up VIETNIPA develops a range of high-quality, healthy products from nipa palm trees, a natural gift for his hometown Cần Giờ, has helped create steady jobs for locals, ...