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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drafting policies to promote the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the agricultural sector.

Nearly 100 localities and organisations were honoured for remarkable achievements in the rural modernisation drive at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 6.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will build pilot models on rural development with the application of modern science and technology in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

At least 193.1 trillion VND (8.7 billion USD) will be allocated for new-style rural area building in the 2016-2020 period.

Vietnam’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.8 million tonnes in 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Centre for Informatics and Statistics.

The southern province of Ben Tre has received 171,000 USD in non-project aid from foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in 2015.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recently unveiled 10 outstanding achievements the sector made between 2010 and 2015 to mark the ministry’s 70th founding anniversary.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the northern province of Hung Yen to do more to boost agricultural and rural development, and raise people’s living standards.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on November 12 decided to suspend the import of wheat from Ukraine.

The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to allocate over 2,000 tonnes of various seeds from the national reserve to 11 disaster-hit provinces.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced it plans to work with relevant agencies to examine and ensure food safety, which it identified as an urgent task.

The ninth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication commenced in Vientiane, Laos, on October 17.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reviewed the outcomes of a public-private project on agriculture risk management through insurance on October 8.

The aquatic sector aims to catch over 1.26 million tonnes of fish in the season from this October to March next year, including 1.15 million tonnes of sea fish and 106,000 tonnes of freshwater fish.

A workshop was held in New Delhi, India on September 29 to promote Vietnamese agricultural products in the country.

President Truong Tan Sang has told a special high-level event on a new rural development paradigm and the inclusive and sustainable new community model at the United Nation Headquarters in New York.

A fair featuring Hanoi’s agricultural products and craft villages will be held from October 8-11 in the capital city, said the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on August 28.

Progress should be made in the irrigation sector towards serving important programmes, including those to restructure agriculture and build new-style rural areas, said MARD Minister Cao Duc Phat.

There have been serious shortcomings in management of forestry and farming enterprises, said National Assembly deputies during a meeting on August 27.

Experts in agriculture and rural development gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on August 25 to discuss ways to draw investment in rural development.