The cumulative export turnover of the agro-forestry-fisheries products reached 140.6 billion USD from 2011 to 2015, with an average annual growth rate of 9 percent.
Forestry production growth in 2015 recorded a relatively high increase of 7.9 percent over the previous year, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The EVN and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have agreed to regulate water held in hydropower reservoirs power supplies and water for agricultural production activities.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drafting policies to promote the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the agricultural sector.
Vietnam’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.8 million tonnes in 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Centre for Informatics and Statistics.
The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to allocate over 2,000 tonnes of various seeds from the national reserve to 11 disaster-hit provinces.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced it plans to work with relevant agencies to examine and ensure food safety, which it identified as an urgent task.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reviewed the outcomes of a public-private project on agriculture risk management through insurance on October 8.
The aquatic sector aims to catch over 1.26 million tonnes of fish in the season from this October to March next year, including 1.15 million tonnes of sea fish and 106,000 tonnes of freshwater fish.
Progress should be made in the irrigation sector towards serving important programmes, including those to restructure agriculture and build new-style rural areas, said MARD Minister Cao Duc Phat.
The agriculture sector needs to mobilise domestic and international resources to boost the industrialisation and modernisation of the agricultural and rural economic sectors.
The Northwest Provinces Trade and Agriculture Fair and the 15 th Vietnam International Agriculture Trade Fair (AgroViet 2015) will take place in September and November of this year, respectively.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a component of the Water Management Project for Rural Development in the Mekong Delta (WB6).
Enhancements seen in the added value, export, productivity, and quality of agricultural products are proof of the effectiveness of agricultural restructuring measures implemented across the country.
The Prime Minister has given the green light to Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize an international conference on disease prevention this month.
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