Vietnamese rice producers and exporters should focus on quality and supplying products that are in demand to sustain the production and export of the grain and add value to the grain.
The Government has submitted to the National Assembly a feasibility study to acquire land for the construction of Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai and pay compensation to land owners.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh held a working session with authorities of central Thanh Hoa province on October 15 to direct the recovery from the heavy rains and floods.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that farmers play a decisive role in changing the face of Vietnam’s agriculture in the future.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Party and State have issued timely policies to support farmers’ development as the globalization process has posed challenges.
It is time to increase the production and use of organic fertilisers to foster organic farming, according to the Vietnam Fertiliser Association.
General Secretary of the CPV Nguyen Phu Trong urged the farmer class to overcome difficulties and challenges in the context of international integration and climate change in order to reap more achievements in agricultural production, looking towards sustainable agriculture.
A pepper glut in the Central Highlands as more and more farmers switched to the crop lured by the earlier high profits from the spice has caused prices to collapse and threatens to bankrupt many of them.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has replaced rice by coconut, fruit trees, vegetables and aquaculture in an area of 7,548 hectares under a project to restructure the local agriculture.
Natural disasters could cause more destructive damage in the Asia-Pacific, where local population suffer the risk five times harder than other regions, warned the United Nations, urging for action on disaster resilience.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will help Vietnam fight gender-based and domestic violence under a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The Departments of Industry and Trade have been urged to actively launch trade promotion and market stabilisation programmes and connect supply-demand in peak times.
Diversifying into high-value rice markets could be a boon for Vietnamese rice exporters, experts have suggested.
In traditional markets and villages in Vietnam, visitors will probably see the non la, or conical hat. The humble hat becomes deeply imprinted in the hearts of visitors and overseas Vietnamese.
No longer a new or luxurious concept, hi-tech and high-quality agricultural products are now a must for the modern Vietnamese consumer.
Seven out of every ten informal workers did not know about employment policies and more than 40 percent of freelance workers had never heard about voluntary social insurance.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa has called on PUM, a non-profit organisation of the Netherlands to turn its eyes towards poor and remote localities in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector needs to make sweeping changes in developing high-tech agritourism, which is expected to earn the city millions of USD, heard a conference held in the southern hub on October 5.
