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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has welcomed Shanghai firms to do long-term business in Vietnam, especially in the high-tech supporting industry and logistics.

A Vietnam-India Business Forum was jointly held by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Embassy of Vietnam in India on October 26.

The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (AMAF+3) opened in Hanoi on October 10 to prepare for the 18th meeting of AMAF+3 slated for October 12.

The application of high technologies in cultivation, animal husbandry and fisheries has helped increase economic value by 10-30 percent.

The implementation of the 10th Party Central Committee’s Resolution 26-NQ/TW on agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the past decade has brought about marked achievements, said Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh.

The export turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD, bringing the total value in the first seven months of 2018 to 22.2 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 7.8 percent.

More than 140 businesses are taking part in the Vietnam-Laos trade fair in Vientiane from June 28 to July 2 to promote the bilateral friendship, cooperation and development.

Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 9.7 percent in aquatic exports to 3.12 billion USD in the first five months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The total export value of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first five months of the year reached 15.6 billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 9.9 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The export value of fruit and vegetable in the first four months of 2018 has exceeded earnings from crude oil for the first time ever, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Exports of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first four months of the years were estimated at 12.3 billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 11.9 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam pledges coordination with and hopes to receive further support from the World Bank (WB) and other partners to improve food hygiene and safety, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at an online conference held in Hanoi on April 18.

The use of banned substances in animal husbandry has been curbed in the first quarter of this year, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) said on April 10.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will speed up the restructuring process as part of efforts to ensure the set growth target for the year will be achieved, said Deputy Minister Ha Cong Tuan.

Vietnamese agro-forestry-fishery and handicraft products have been introduced at the 51st Cairo International Fair that opened on March 14 in Egypt’s capital city, drawing visitors and businesses, especially those from the Middle East and North Africa.

Accelerating agricultural restructuring towards large-scale and high-tech production became critical for the sector, which involves 70 percent of the country’s population but contributes just below 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will strive to raise its export revenue by 6 percent to 2.65 billion USD in 2018.

Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade is partnering with firms and business households to prepare goods worth 26 trillion VND (1.14 billion USD) in total for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The export value of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached 7.6 billion USD in the first three months of 2017, up 7.6 percent year-on-year

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has devised a 2017 trade promotion plan to remove obstacles in markets and increase exports of agro-forestry-fishery products.