Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cut the ribbon to officially inaugurate the Nui Tien purified water, herbal, and fruit juice processing plant invested by TH Group in the central province of Nghe An on February 22.
Vietnam News and the Maeil Business speak to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc about Vietnam-RoK ties, opportunities to tap new trade, investment cooperation and trends in trade liberalisation.
Experts have proposed the construction of five to seven dams along the Hong River to raise the water level, thus serving agricultural production and water transport without affecting flood drainage.
Indonesia has set the target of exporting 100,000 tonnes of rice to 10 Asian and European countries as part of efforts to increase farm commodity exports this year.
Spending 2,802 VND on producing one kilogramme of rice, the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang recorded the lowest production costs in the region during the 2015-2016 winter-spring crop.
A flux of investment waves from Japanese businesses are coming to Vietnam’s agricultural sector, which plays an important role in the national development.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will build pilot models on rural development with the application of modern science and technology in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Officials and economists see Vietnam's membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership bringing more opportunities than challenges for the country's agriculture sector.
Private enterprises have succeeded with their agricultural
investments, but their progress still lags behind their true potential
and the demand for development in the sector, a conference was told in
Hanoi on June 28.
The central province of Phu Yen is carrying out the second phase of the
Integrated Rural Development Sector Project in Central Provinces with an
investment of 333 billion USD (15.5 million USD) sourced though loans
from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and corresponding provincial
capital.
Vietnam will shift 100,000 hectares of rice-growing areas to the
cultivation of other crops, Pham Van Du, Deputy Director of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development's Crop Production Department, told
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will, together
with the World Economic Forum (WEF), work out an action plan for the
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in agriculture sector during the
2014-2018 period.
The Vietnamese Party leader has suggested Vietnam and New Zealand
actively implement reached agreements and promote existing mechanisms to
bolster bilateral ties for the benefit of both peoples.
Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the Japanese Government to
develop its agricultural sector in a modern direction, ensuring food
security and adapting to climate change, a Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MARD) senior official has said.
Around 50 delegates representing for foreign investors, financial
organisations and consultation companies in Singapore on March 25
participated in a workshop on the revision of Vietnam’s decision on
regulations on the pilot public-private partnership (PPP).
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met with former US President
Bill Clinton and his Filipino and Central African Republic
counterparts on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the Clinton
Global Initiative (CGI) in New York on September 21.
