The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has developed more clean farming models for shrimp and rice that meet Vietnamese good agricultural practices (VietGAP) standards and organic standards to meet the rising demand for them, especially in export markets.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) not only opens the door wide for Vietnam's agro-forestry-aquaculture exports, but also promotes the country's agricultural sector to improve its competitiveness, according to experts.
In the first six months of 2019, Vietnam’s import-export turnover exceeded 200 billion USD. However, poor market conditions have significantly affected the prices of many key exports.
The agriculture sector posted a year-on-year growth of 2.39 percent in the first half of 2019, despite facing numerous difficulties like global economic slowdown, impacts from US-China trade war, unfavourable weather, and especially the African swine fever.
More than 10 key agricultural products of Vietnam are being sold across 160 countries and territories worldwide.
Mangoes grown in Yen Chau district, the northern mountain province of Son La, began being exported to the US, UK, Australian and Chinese markets on June 1.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is encouraging farmers to grow more fruits meeting good agricultural practice standards to improve incomes and sustainability.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has announced a list of 13 key agricultural products of Vietnam.
Vietnam’s key agricultural products, including rice, coffee, tea, cashew nuts, and peppercorn, were introduced at the recently concluded Ukrainian Food Expo 2018.
One of the main achievements of Vietnam’s agricultural restructuring plan over the last five years is the formation of three product categories – national key products, local key products and those under the programme “one village, one product”.
The administration of Ho Chi Minh City has issued a list of key agricultural products to develop to improve the income and living standards of rural residents.
Hanoi Trade Corporation (Hapro) has signed contracts for exporting agricultural products worth about 2 million USD at the world’s largest food innovation exhibition SIAL Paris.
The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in 3.13 billion USD from exports in August, raising the total value in the first eight months of this year to 25.7 billion USD, up 7.3 percent year-on-year.
President Tran Dai Quang has affirmed to Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Federation Keria Ibrahim that Vietnam has always attached great importance to developing its traditional friendship and all-round partnership with Ethiopia.
Diplomacy should be centred around helping Vietnamese enterprises reach out to the world, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a plenary session of the 30th Diplomatic Conference on August 15, which discussed the promotion of diplomacy to develop the economy in the era of intensive global integration.
Technological application and improved management are necessary to ensure high economic efficiency and sustainable development of agriculture amidst widespread global integration and changing climate.
Experts have urged authorities in the Mekong Delta region to use cutting-edge technologies to restructure the agricultural sector in the face of climate change.
The northern province of Bac Giang has so far sold 191,000 tonnes of lychees for over 5.4 trillion VND (236.8 million USD), according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
