The 5th Vietnam Rice Festival wrapped up in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on January 10 with "Ngoc Troi Thien Vuong " (LT28) rice of Loc Troi Group (LTG) winning the first prize of the good Vietnamese rice trademark competition.
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau will step up the application of advanced technology to expand high-quality rice material farming, according to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Thanh Trieu.
Authorities in Tien Giang province’s Go Cong Tay district are encouraging farmers to grow only high-quality rice varieties and want to export all of it.
More rice farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have switched to growing high-quality rice varieties, which sell well and offer high profits.
Vietnam’s rice exports by mid-September had declined 0.8 percent in volume but still grown 11.8 percent in value compared to the same period last year.
Rice processing firm Chen Yi Agventures Inc. of the Philippines plans to start exporting its high quality rice brand to Asia or the Middle East this year.
Vietnam shipped 884.94 million USD worth of rice to the Philippines in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 92.58 percent, according to the General Department of Customs.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the southern province of Ca Mau has amended its list of key agricultural products, deleting two from the original list and keeping shrimp, mud crab, high-quality rice, and wood.
The northern province of Hoa Binh’s Hoa Binh city was recognised for having fulfilled the new-style rural building mission as said in the Prime Minister’s Decision No.269/QD-TTg dated March 8, 2019.
Provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta have set ambitious targets this year with a focus on high-quality agriculture combined with eco-tourism, services and industry.
Despite a reduction of more than 17,000 hectares in cultivating land, rice production in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap in 2018 rose 120,000 tonnes compared to the previous year to 3.32 million tonnes.
Vietnamese rice exports are expected to grow stronger by the end of the year after a brief lulling period, said Tran Van Cong, Deputy Director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to restructure its agricultural sector towards increasing added value and sustainable development during 2018-2022 under a project launched in the locality on August 22.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will further support local businesses to increase the number of firms eligible to export rice to China, whose demand for the grain is still growing.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is giving priority to calling for investment in 59 projects in the fields of industry and agriculture between 2018 and 2025.
The People’s Committee of Hau Giang province had a working session with the Saemaul Globalisation Foundation (SGF) of the Republic of Korea on April 17 to discuss the piloting of high technologies and techniques in agricultural production in the Mekong Delta locality.
Vietnam may export 6.5 million tonnes of rice in 2018. This year, the country continues increasing the proportion of high-quality rice in the total rice export volume.
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