Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that Vietnam supports Myanmar in its national reconciliation and development with increasingly improving stature in the region and the world.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked relevant agencies and coastal localities to employ solutions to fulfill targets set for the fishing season from April through September.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang strives to reduce the poverty rate to 2.99 percent by the end of 2019, down 0.41 percent, or 1,950 households, from 2018.
The National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies met on March 28 to assess the economic growth in Quarter 1 and determine factors that can affect growth in the remaining months of the year.
Hanoi has recorded a GDP growth rate of 6.99 percent in the first quarter of this year, equivalent to the same period in 2018, it was reported at a meeting of the municipal People’s Committee on March 26.
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.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held a working session with authorities of south central Binh Thuan province on March 16 to discuss socio-economic situation, Party building and key tasks for the near future.
Large-scale production areas for key national products will be expanded this year under the country’s action plan to ensure food safety in the agricultural sector, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Salt producers in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have been busy with their harvest in recent days thanks to the good weather around Tet (Lunar New Year).
Vietnam shipped 74,120 tonnes of coffee beans to Algeria in 2018, earning 132.48 million USD, up 56 percent in volume and 28 percent in value from 2017, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.
Vietnam’s economy is forecast to grow by 6.8-6.9 percent in 2019 on the back of sound economic performance in 2018, according to the Vietnam Macro-Economic Outlook 2019, which was announced in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8.
Vietnam is deemed highly likely to curb its inflation below 4 percent in 2019, experts said at a seminar in Hanoi on January 3, which focused on national market and price movements during 2018 and forecasts for 2019.
As many as 2,200 new agricultural enterprises were set up in 2018, up 12.3 percent compared to 2017 and pushing the total number of firms in the sector to 9,235, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Manufacturing and processing were the major contributor to Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.08 percent in 2018, the highest level in 11 years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The third Vietnam Rice Festival kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on December 18.
The National Student Entrepreneurship Festival 2018 will take place at the National Economics University in Hanoi on December 16, the Ministry of Education and Training announced at a press conference in Hanoi on December 12.
Rice exports have shown positive signals recently, with many firms winning bidding contracts, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen concluded his official visit to Vietnam from December 6 to 8 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
