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Vietnam’s output and export of pepper increased sharply last year, but their prices and thus turnover from exports fell, according to the industry association.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Party and State have issued timely policies to support farmers’ development as the globalization process has posed challenges.

General Secretary of the CPV Nguyen Phu Trong urged the farmer class to overcome difficulties and challenges in the context of international integration and climate change in order to reap more achievements in agricultural production, looking towards sustainable agriculture.

Outstanding farmers should be put in the centre of production models, looking towards large-scale production, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said at a congress of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) in Hanoi on September 19.

Two conferences are going to take place in Hanoi in mid-September with a view to encouraging farmers’ entrepreneurship and honouring exemplar farmers.

Outstanding farmers from 63 cities and provinces nationwide were honoured at a ceremony held in Hanoi on October 14 in the presence of President Tran Dai Quang.

Outstanding farmers across the country who made great contributions to agriculture and the new-style rural area building programme will be honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 14.

New-style cooperative models should be created to boost agricultural restructuring, thus helping increase farmers’ their income.

Kawakami village in Japan’s Nagano prefecture, a leading hi-tech agricultural model, wishes to boost cooperation with Vietnam in agriculture.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on June 2 said his government will establish assistance funds for farmers, rather than stockpiling rice.

The Ho Chi Minh City Association of Farmers plans to present houses and Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to its member and disadvantaged rural communities.

As many as 126 individuals and organisations in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong were honoured for their stellar achievements in the study and production of new flower varieties.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged farmers nationwide to make more efforts to grasp and exploit all development opportunities brought about by the integration.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong took note of proposed incentives for infrastructure upgrades in border economic zones during a working session with Lang Son province’s authorities on April 22.