The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has asked six departments and sectors to work with local authorities to re-examine the area for swallow nest farming in residential localities.
The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) held a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on March 14 to help Japanese enterprises solve difficulties and challenges facing them in food import-export and business activities in Vietnam.
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.
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture expressed interest in opening official channels for Vietnamese pork to enter China’s market, said Nguyen Xuan Duong, Dep Head of the Department of Live on May 26.
Children between 6- 36 months of age and new mothers will get free vitamin A supplements in a campaign on the occasion of Micronutrient Day (June 1 and 2).
A southern food flea market is to be opened in Mekong Delta Can Tho city, aiming to promote the country’s Mekong Delta culinary specialities as well as to attract domestic and international visitors to the region, according to the municipal culture and tourism department.
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.
Vietnam’s agricultural sector plans to conduct surprise inspections of agricultural materials trade, food hygiene and discharge of wastewater into irrigation facilities.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plans to hold more unscheduled inspections of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading this year.
Supervision of imported food products sold at duty-free shops might no longer be needed and firms will assume full responsibility for product quality and safety.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked for tighter management of fishery products amid warnings by major import markets on food hygiene and safety standards of aquatic products.
The Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has asked tourism management agencies in central localities to monitor the use of sea fish with at restaurants to ensure food hygiene for tourists.
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