President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) Nguyen Ngoc Bao has asked Japan to help Vietnam develop multi-service cooperatives which have proved successful in Japan.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue highlighted that the collective economic sector has escaped from the prolonged weakness while addressing a forum in Hanoi on October 14.
The Vietnam Private Economic Forum 2019 opened in Hanoi on May 2, focusing on the sustainable formation and development of agro-forestry-fishery value chains for international integration.
Domestic and foreign delegates to the second Asia-Pacific Cooperative Registrars’ Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 emphasised the need to complete a legal framework to facilitate the development and effective operations of cooperatives.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue called on cooperatives in the Asia-Pacific region to boost cooperation and connect markets to promote sustainable development of the cooperative sector.
The second International Cooperative Alliance-Asia Pacific (ICA-AP) Cooperative Registrars’ forum will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 16-19, identifying legal frameworks and policies that affect the sustainable development of cooperatives.
Vietnam and Laos would combine forces in cooperative economy, heard a meeting in Hanoi on March 21 between President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) Nguyen Ngoc Bao and head of the National Economic Research Institute of Laos Bouasone Bouphavanh.
Members of the Asian Farmers’ Group for Cooperation (AFGC) shared new production models that are adapted to the effects of climate change during its 19th annual conference held in the central city of Da Nang from March 20-21.
Members of the Asian Farmers’ Group for Cooperation (AFGC) gathered at their 19th annual meeting in Da Nang city on March 20 to share experience in dealing with challenges from climate change facing farmers across Asia.
A support centre for cooperative development was opened in Hanoi on December 6, aiming to help Vietnamese cooperatives get more involved in agricultural value chains.
The 15-year implementation of a Party Central Committee’s resolution on continuing to reform, develop and improve the effectiveness of the collective economy will be reviewed.
Delegates from the Netherlands’ Agriterra agricultural development support organisation shared their experience in coping with impacts of globalisation in developing cooperatives, agriculture and rural areas during a recent workshop in Hanoi.
All 15 members of the National Wage Council agreed to submit a proposal to the Government to increase the regional minimum wage in 2019 by 5.3 percent during their third meeting in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 13.
The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) held a ceremony on July 7 to mark International Day of Cooperatives (Coops Day) in recognition of contributions made by cooperatives to development.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) along with the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) have signed a coordination programme to implement the National Assembly’s target of having 15,000 agricultural cooperatives and cooperative alliances operating effectively by 2020.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has hailed the effective cooperation between the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of the RoK in past years.
Chairman of the International Cooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO) Kim Im-Kweon has agreed to provide 10,000 USD to support fisheries cooperatives and fishermen in Vietnam’s central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan, which were severely affected by the recent typhoon Damrey.
Fair-trade certification is expected to help Vietnamese cocoa enter the EU market, especially after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement takes effect, slated for 2019, experts have said.
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