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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh has stressed the need to develop Vietnamese ginseng into a product with national brand.

The US is Vietnam’s leading agricultural importer, and Vietnam is also a big buyer of US farm produce.

The first National Food Systems Summit Dialogue was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in partnership with a number of ministries, the UN in Vietnam and international development partners in Hanoi on June 15 morning.

Vietnam has so far granted licences to 460 US producers of meat and meat products and 210 exporters of aquatic products, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh.

Ensuring food security is an urgent issue at present with food supply sources and access to safe food supplies being seriously affected, especially by climate change, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said at a forum in Hanoi on November 5.

Northern provinces and cities plan to cultivate rice on 1.105 million ha of land in the winter-spring rice crop in 2019-2020, down 11,400 ha compared to one year ago, it was reported at a conference in Ha Nam province on October 22.

The potential for agricultural and aquaculture cooperation between Vietnam and countries in the Middle East and Africa was discussed at a workshop in Hanoi on September 10.

Veterinary experts from the Netherlands shared experience in preventing African swine fever during a roundtable discussion held in Hanoi on August 21.

The Special Senior Officials’ Meeting of the 18th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) Plus Three wrapped up in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on August 8 after four days of sitting.

Cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture and logistics between Vietnam and China was highlighted at a seminar in Chengdu, the capital city of China’s Sichuan province, on June 13.

A seminar took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11 to discuss experience and form partnerships in cultivation between Vietnam and the Netherlands.

The agricultural production is in dire need of the international community’s assistance in dealing with climate change, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said.

Australia’s cooperation and sharing through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Vietnam has helped Vietnam improve its research capacity in the agricultural field, contributing to reducing poverty and raising farmers’ income.

Vietnam and FAO agreed a country programme framework for cooperation between 2017 and 2021 during a ceremony to mark the 37th World Food Day held in northern Bac Kan province on October 14.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh held a working session in Hanoi on August 2 with Vice Minister for Agriculture and Food Security of Mozambique Luisa Caetano Meque.

The acceleration of agricultural restructuring towards higher added value and sustainable growth in combination with rural development is key for the agriculture sector to progress.