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Hanoi takes agriculture and new-style rural development as a key task during the 2020-2025 period, but with higher criteria to meet, standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang has said.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is working to turn itself into a food smart city as part of efforts to concretise its target of becoming an eco-smart urban area and a regional hub for startups and innovation until 2030 with a vision to 2045.

The university entrance examination for 2019 will mark a new milestone in training orientations as many facilities announced new training programmes to serve the demands of Industry 4.0.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture, has become the youngest woman to receive the Kovalevskaya Award, which honours outstanding female scientists.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended a ceremony marking the new academic year 2018-2019 at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in Hanoi on September 30.

Fifteen outstanding youths from Taiwan (China) are in Vietnam to take part in a Vietnam-Taiwan agricultural development exchange, which runs from August 27 to September 1.

A luncheon featuring the favourite delicacies of Belgium was prepared by Belgian chef Christoph Pouls for nearly 100 special guests at the Pullman Hanoi Hotel on February 1.

Vu Trong Nghia, director of the Bien Dong Trade Developed Investment Corporation, said his company has signed a contract with the Korea Food Company to sell 2,000 tonnes of pork per year.

The Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) will offer more than 500 opportunities for Vietnamese students to study and work in Japan this year.

The leading universities in Vietnam were recently announced via the Webometrics Ranking of World University by a Spanish public research body.

Cooperation in agricultural education between Vietnam and Belgium has helped improve the capacity of Vietnamese agriculture lecturers, heard a recent event in the Belgian city of Gembloux.

The agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors are forecasted to face a shortage of 3.2 million trained workers in 2020, labour experts said.

Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.