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Outstanding agro-fishery products and agricultural technologies of Vietnam were introduced at the 7th Indonesia International Agricultural Machinery, Equipment, Technology & Services Exhibition (INAGRITECH 2019) in Jakarta from August 28 to 30.

There is still big room for Vietnam and Poland to expand their trade and investment cooperation, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28.

A delegation of Japanese businesses had a working session with the Vietnam Cooperative Union of Agricultural Consumption (UCA) in Hanoi on January 31 to seek investment cooperation opportunities in the field of high-tech agriculture.

Vietnam holds important position in India’s Act East policy, and the Southeast Asian country is among the nations that India has special friendship with, said visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.

Over 300 youths in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 8 took part in the launching ceremony of a voluntary programme designed to call on young intellectuals and scientists join hands in agricultural restructuring.

Benefits of applying Japanese agricultural technologies in Vietnam were discussed at a conference in Hanoi on May 29.

The Government of Vietnam is committed to implementing initiatives of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), including those on high-tech organic agriculture, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. ​

As many as 4.6 million hectares of land, or 59 percent of total rice area in Vietnam, have been cultivated with domestically-made varieties, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho hopes to expand cooperation with overseas partners, including those from Australia, to improve production capacity as the city sets out to be a regional pioneer in hi-tech agriculture.

For the first time on August 25, Australia announced its agriculture strategy in Vietnam, identifying economy, innovation and security as priorities in the agriculture cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnamese businesses will have their first look at new global agricultural technologies and equipment at the EIMA Agrimach India expo, to be held in New Delhi in December.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung visited Aalsmeer – the world’s largest flower auction platform – near Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on April 18 as part of a working visit to the Netherlands.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has urged farmers in the Mekong Delta to embrace technology to develop smart agriculture.

The International Agriculture Festival and Fair of the Mekong Delta region opens in Can Tho City on March 9, featuring nearly 150 domestic and international exhibitors.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho discussed investment and trade cooperation with William Bailey III, visiting mayor of Can Tho’s twin US city Riverside, on November 15.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai paid an official visit to Israel from December 1-3, with the aim of promoting multi-faceted cooperation with the country.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is expected to help Vietnam and Japan move forward with win-win economic cooperation, specifically in the fields of support industry and agriculture.