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The Vietnamese fish sauce industry needs to improve food hygiene and safety and diversify products to expand exports.

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).

More than 840 billion VND (36.5 million USD) is needed to ensure food safety in Ho Chi Minh City’s agricultural sector in the 2021-2026 period.

Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), should quickly improve product quality and value to consolidate their competitiveness in the European Union market, an online conference on June 5 heard.

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).

Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam has been ranked fourth among 50 best cities for street food, according to a latest survey by CEOWorld.

Close cooperation between companies, co-operatives, farms, and households is needed to restructure the livestock industry, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

Six pilot schools in Ho Chi Minh City have ensured food-safety standards and teachers have become more aware of food-hygiene regulations, but schools still need to ensure quality meals and publication of food prices as well as the names of companies that make the food, the deputy director of the HCM City Department of Education and Training has said.

The benzoic acid additive that Japanese authorities discovered in Chinsu-branded chilli sauce imported from Vietnam is being used in some food in Japan, according to Vietnamese Trade Counselor in Japan Ta Duc Minh.

Nestle Vietnam inaugurated its largest distribution centre in Vietnam’s northern region in Hung Yen province on March 12.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is busy preparing for the seventh annual Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival, which is expected to promote the local coffee brand to visitors.

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.

The Noi Bai Catering Service JSC (NCS), a member of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, has inaugurated a new food processing centre at the Noi Bai International Airport.

Nearly 80 percent of the 1076 fresh fruit stores in the downtown districts of Hanoi met food hygiene, safety and quality control standards, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

Arriving in Hanoi in the hot summer, a lot of Hanoians will recommend you go straight to Trang Tien street to get an ice cream. The popular ice cream has become a specialty the city after more than 60 years of sales.

The gross domestic product (GDP) of agriculture, forestry and fishery is estimated to expand from 3.95 percent to 4.05 percent in the first six months of 2018, the highest level in 10 recent years.

An increasing number of consumers are buying fresh food online, according to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade.

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.