An Giang should bring into full play its advantages in high-tech agriculture and tourism to move ahead, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told incumbent and former leaders of the Mekong Delta province on January 18 as part of his working trip to the locality on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.
Science and technology have been applied through various programmes over recent years to produce clean vegetables in the central city of Da Nang. Many agro cooperatives in Hoa Vang and Cam Le districts are now able to produce clean vegetables that meet VietGap standards, which has helped boost farmer incomes and satisfied local demand for fresh greens.
Ho Chi Minh City and Jeollabuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have optimal potential for cooperation in startup, high-tech agriculture, culture and tourism.
Trung An High-Tech Agriculture Joint Stock Company will export 1,600 tonnes of high-value fragrant rice to Singapore and Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on January 13.
Leaders from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the Hungarian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Szojka Éva Szilvia, have expressed their hope for stronger cooperation in high-tech agriculture, healthcare, and education.
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.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to increase its rate of high-quality rice cultivation to 70 -75 percent during 2021 – 2025 from the current 50 percent, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A workshop discussing closed agricultural solutions for farmers was held on October 22 in the northern province of Thai Nguyen by the provincial People’s Committee and the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam.
The central coastal city of Da Nang has determined it will promote high-tech agriculture as one of five spheres of socio-economic development, and has issued a number of attractive mechanisms and policies to attract greater investment. Not only creating clean, high-quality products for the market, many high-tech agricultural models have also brought handsome returns to investors.
Phu Quoc district in the southern province of Kien Giang has invested in eco-agriculture in combination with services and tourism, aiming to create more tourism products by 2025, with a vision towards 2030.
Digitisation has brought the agricultural sector in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau to a new stage of development by helping farmers improve cultivation methods and optimise the use of soil, seeds, weather and market information.
New technologies are key to advancing the agriculture sector since they can boost the value of products to make them more competitive on the global market, experts said.
Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, one of eight provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Zone, has for many years been an ideal destination for foreign investors thanks to its natural advantages and comprehensively developed infrastructure in addition to attractive incentives.
A delegation of the UK’s Aberdeen city visited the south central province of Ninh Thuan on November 11-12 to seek cooperation opportunities in renewable energy, high-tech agriculture and tourism.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that Vietnam is willing to help Nigeria with high-tech agriculture and send experts to the country to explore projects in the field.
Many start-ups have brought their technologies and products into the market in 2017-2019 thanks to financial and technical assistance for R&D provided by the HCM City Department of Science and Technology’s SpeedUp innovation and start-up programme.
Up to 70 percent of Japanese businesses want to expand investment in Vietnam, especially in agriculture, a recent survey conducted by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) showed.
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