Vietnam needs support from international partners to cope with losses due to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The agricultural sector of Hanoi has enhanced management of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading in recent times, according to Hanoi's Agriculture and Rural Development Department.
Visitors flocked to Phat Tich pagoda in Tien Du district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, for a local annual spring festival held on January 28 (the fourth day of the first lunar month).
Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has asked the sector to enhance price control and market management to prevent any sudden cost hikes before, during or after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday which lasts from February 2-10.
There will be no shortage of pork in the months approaching the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday despite an increase in demand, Nguyen Xuan Duong, Acting Director of the Animal Husbandry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
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.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted the importance of agriculture and rural development to the country’s modernisation cause during a meeting in Hanoi on January 4.
Vietnam’s tea exports are forecast to increase in both volume and value in the remaining months of 2017 due to growing global demand and limited supply.
Local enterprises are spending around 28.6 million working days valued at 14.3 trillion VND (636 million USD) a year to complete administrative procedures for special inspections on imported and exported goods.
Given the recent refusal of Vietnamese shipments of agro-forestry-aquatic products from choosy markets, domestic firms have to know about importers’ standards in terms of food hygiene and safety.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with voters in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City on April 28, to listen to their opinions on a series of issues of public concern in recent time.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered all ministries, ministry-level agencies, Government bodies and provincial People’s Committees to hasten preparations for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The World Bank’s Board of Governors approved additional funding of 45
million USD through the project ‘Improving the competitive capability
and food safety’ in Vietnam on June 27.
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