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Vietnam Getting into Swift Nest Business

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Already a $200 million a year industry largely concentrated in Malaysia and Thailand, the farming of swifts is now being ramped up in Vietnam. While eating the nests of swifts is nothing new, the large-scale production of these nests is.

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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

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Having earned both a Master’s Degree in Engineering and in Law, Germain works as a manager for the construction industry. For the Chinese New Year 2022 holidays, my girlfriend and I decided to visit the remote areas of Guangxi in the South of China, at the border to Vietnam. Germain has lived in East Asia since 2014.

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