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Peach blossoms have added a certain charm to the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh in the spring-time, while generating stable incomes and helping local farmers escape from poverty.

More farmers have recently sold their products online in both domestic and foreign markets thanks to the support of postal service suppliers in putting farm produce on e-commerce platforms and promote digital agriculture.

An annual art performance by the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Ho Chi Minh City raised more than 10.4 billion VND (457,746 USD) on January 11 in a bid to assist needy members of the organisation in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

The 5th Vietnam Rice Festival wrapped up in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on January 10 with "Ngoc Troi Thien Vuong " (LT28) rice of Loc Troi Group (LTG) winning the first prize of the good Vietnamese rice trademark competition.

The Embassy of Israel on December 13 presented more than 22,000 plants to farmers in Bac Phong commune, Cao Phong district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, in response to the 1-billion-tree growing project launched by the Vietnamese Prime Minister.

Vietnamese rice businesses and farmers are still lacking awareness of low-carbon rice production, said Nguyen Van Hung, an expert from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Sixty-three individuals were honoured with the title “Outstanding Vietnamese Farmer 2021” at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 2.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) held the sixth National Farmers’ Forum themed “Farmers with Agricultural Digital Transformation”.

The central highlands Dak Lak province is considered Vietnam’s “coffee capital” and local farmers are busy these days with the harvest.

With the encouragement of the Farmers’ Union of Thai Binh city in the northern province of Thai Binh, its members have set up and taken part in many cooperative groups to boost crop and animal production, which has proved highly effective.

A climate change adaptation project has been launched to strengthen the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and the south-central coast.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam has asked localities to pay special attention to directing production activities and ensuring the supply of plant varieties and breeding stock to farmers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers in Hanoi’s suburb district of Chuong My are turning barren, abandoned pieces of land into productive farms that yield high profit annually.

With the complicated situation of COVID-19 making it difficult for people to harvest and transport agricultural products, Hanoi’s soldiers and militia shared with the people of Dan Phuong district to overcome difficulties.

TNI King Coffee Ltd. has launched the “Happy Farmers” project, which serves a bridge that links long–term cooperation with reputable and capable Vietnamese suppliers, aiming to bring Vietnamese farm produce to the world.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are increasingly growing fruits out of season and more efficiently.

ASEAN countries have recently held a policy dialogue on strengthening women’s entrepreneurship in agriculture.

Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said.

Close to 5,100 Dignity Kits sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have been delivering to women and girls at risk of gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 in the three pandemic-hit areas of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh provinces, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Agricultural specialties of some provinces are being sold on the e-commerce platform Sendo, marking the first time cooperatives and farmers have directly put their produce on sale in the digital environment.