Facing water shortages, farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have grown corn on nearly 2,000ha of rice fields for the 2018-19 winter-spring crop.
Thailand has become the world’s number one exporter of sweet corns and related products for 10 consecutive years, said the Department of Foreign Trade.
The cultivation sector aims to gross over 21 billion USD in export turnover in 2018, representing a year-on-year rise of 2.2-2.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Festivals featuring peach flowers and the culture of the H’mong ethnic group will be held in Meo Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from February 21 – 22.
Vietnam and South Africa hold huge potential for boosting cooperation in many fields, including bringing bilateral trade turnover to two billion USD a year, said an official of the VCCI.
Pepper growers and businesses in Dak Song district of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have committed to implementing a programme to create a value chain for pepper corns.
The recent inclusion of the Chinese yuan (CNY) to the reserve currency basket of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not have any significant impacts on Vietnam’s economy, experts said.
The central coastal province of Binh Thuan should weigh the pros
and corns of local key staples for further investment in anticipation of
challenges posed by the global integration and the formation of the
ASEAN Community in late 2015.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
