Several businesses in Algeria’s Biskra province have expressed their interest in finding partners in Vietnam for cooperation in date processing and export, as well as in the import of processed coconut products and other agricultural and food items with Halal certificate from Vietnam.
In just three years since its inception, the southern key economic zone in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan has become a powerhouse, attracting major investments and propelling local development.
Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.
Secretary of the Party Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Nguyen Van Hieu hosted a reception for Ginny Chapman, Charge d'Affaires of the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam, on April 5.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to develop sustainable urban agricultural production with high technologies to be applied in cultivation on at least 70% of its agricultural land by 2030, said the director of the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Hanoi’s agricultural sector has been working with localities across the capital city to apply technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) to farming, helping address labour shortages, improve produce quality, protect the environment, and boost sustainable development.
Many farming households and cooperatives in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan have been applying scientific and technological advances to promote productivity, produce quality, and agritourism, thus boosting farm produce sale and economic value from agriculture.
Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Madan Mohan Sethi on March 21 to discuss multifaceted cooperation between Can Tho and Indian partners and localities.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has set a target of raising the proportion of hi-tech agriculture in the province’s total agricultural output value to 35 – 40% by 2025, with the awareness that hi-tech agriculture is the inevitable direction of agricultural development.
It is forecast that higher-quality FDI will pour into Vietnam in the near future, mostly in clean energy, hi-tech agriculture and mechanical engineering.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held a workshop on May 22 to introduce its potential and seek chances for investment cooperation with Japan in agriculture, processing, renewable energy, and tourism.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will help the Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) to build a supply chain finance fund of 1 billion USD in the next three years as well as develop support industries and petroleum distribution.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung had a meeting with Argentinian Ambassador to Vietnam Luis Pablo Maria Beltramino on April 27, in which the diplomat lauded the extensive bilateral ties which are flourishing as seen in their political, trade, and technical cooperation.
To be successful, agricultural start-ups must have long-term business strategies, strengthen linkages in the start-up eco-system and understand the market they target, experts have said.
The northern province of Bac Giang will continue to restructure its agriculture sector from now to 2025, focusing on supporting and investing in hi-tech agriculture development, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le O Pich.
Applying digital technology into agriculture help achieve fast and sustainable development is a goal that the northern province of Vinh Phuc is aiming at.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the virtual pre-summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 on July 27, highlighting Vietnam’s wish to become a food innovation hub of Asia.
A project to improve the knowledge and capacity of Vietnamese businesses in hi-tech agriculture will be soon carried out by Asialink Business of Melbourne University and Beanstalk AgTech of Australia.
The northern province of Bac Giang is to raise the contribution made by hi-tech agriculture in agricultural production value by 30 percent by 2030, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang boasts strengths in economic development, especially high tech agriculture, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said while attending a ground-breaking ceremony for a high tech dairy farm project of TH Group in Tri Ton district of the province on February 27.