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JINAN, CHINA - JANUARY 12, 2026 - Researchers from Quanmai Agriculture Company monitored and recorded the seedling traits of excellent wheat strains in a greenhouse in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China on January 12, 2026.

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Vietnam to issue new bank note

HANOI, Vietnam - This new 100,000 dong (about 7 U.S. dollars) bank note, the highest face value ever, is to be issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on Sept. 1. It carries a portrait of the late President Ho Chi Minh and has eight exclusive traits designed to distinguish it from counterfeits.

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Youths contribute to hybrid wheat breeding in Xi'an, China

STORY: Youths contribute to hybrid wheat breeding in Xi'an, China DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of researchers working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUAN, Researcher from Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co., Ltd. 3. various of Chinese agriculture STORYLINE: A research team in Xi'an, China, has successively bred and promoted 15 wheat varieties through wheat cross-breeding. Nearly 70 percent of the 26-member team in Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co. are "post-80s" and "post-90s." They use advanced technologies to improve the efficiency of wheat hybrid breeding. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUAN, Researcher from Yangling Qinfeng Seed-industry Co., Ltd. "Wheat breeding can be divided into several stages. What we are doing now is removing stamens and cross-pollination of wheat. Then we will have the first filial generation of hybrids, or F1 hybrids. After that, we select those with superior traits, which are called F2 hybrids. The process

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INDONESIA-BALI-MUD BATH-NYEPI-CELEBRATION

(220305) -- BALI, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk to the beach to clean their bodies after mud baths tradition known as Mebuug-buugan in Bali, Indonesia, March 4, 2022. The Mebuug-buugan is held a day after Nyepi aimed at neutralizing bad traits. (Photo by Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BALI-MUD BATH-NYEPI-CELEBRATION

(220305) -- BALI, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People put mud on each other's bodies during mud baths tradition known as Mebuug-buugan at a mangrove plantation in Bali, Indonesia, March 4, 2022. The Mebuug-buugan is held a day after Nyepi aimed at neutralizing bad traits. (Photo by Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BALI-MUD BATH-NYEPI-CELEBRATION

(220305) -- BALI, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman puts mud on her partner's face during mud baths tradition known as Mebuug-buugan at a mangrove plantation in Bali, Indonesia, March 4, 2022. The Mebuug-buugan is held a day after Nyepi aimed at neutralizing bad traits. (Photo by Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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Vietnam to issue new bank note

HANOI, Vietnam - This new 100,000 dong (about 7 U.S. dollars) bank note, the highest face value ever, is to be issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on Sept. 1. It carries a portrait of the late President Ho Chi Minh and has eight exclusive traits designed to distinguish it from counterfeits.