The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) expects to complete the connection of 100 percent of its administrative procedures with the National Single Window (NSW) system in the first quarter of 2022.
Firms in the northern province of Hai Duong on January 11 shipped nearly 250 tonnes of carrots to the Republic of Korea (RoK), the first overseas shipment of the vegetable this year.
An international seminar on agricultural economic models and rural residential areas in the northern province of Thai Binh to 2030 with a vision to 2045 was held in the province on January 8.
The Hanoi municipal Department of Industry and Trade presented the title of Hanoi artisans and outstanding rural industrial products 2021 during a ceremony in the capital city on January 7.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh signed a decision approving the National Rural Clean Water Supply and Sanitation Strategy by 2030, with a vision to 2045.
A total of 1,640 agri-businesses were newly established and resumed operation in 2021, raising the number of firms in the sector to over 14,400, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked localities to launch a tree planting festival on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) and encourage people from all walks of life to plant trees, aiming for at least 20 percent rise in the number of newly-planted trees compared to the figure of 2021.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision approving a programme to implement the movement of “All people stay united to build cultural life” in the 2021-2026 period.
Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas have made important contributions in various aspects to stabilising macroeconomics, ensuring major balances, sustaining growth, and boosting economic recovery in 2021 when the economy faces serious COVID-19-induced impacts, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference held in Hanoi on December 29.
Vietnam's aquaculture output is estimated at 4.75 million tonnes this year, rising by some 4.17 percent from 2020, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has asked the Directorate of Fisheries to pool all possible resources and take synchronous measures to soon remove “yellow card” warning on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
A national strategy on clean water supply and sanitation in rural areas by 2030 with a vision to 2045 was announced on December 22 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam was elected as President of the Vietnam-Mongolia Friendship Association for the 2021-2026 tenure at a congress on December 21.
Vietnam and Cambodia agreed to boost cooperation in the agro-forestry-fishery sector during a working session between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Phnom Penh on December 21.
Vietnam shipped 43 billion USD worth of agro-forestry-fishery products abroad during January-November, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports and imports were estimated at nearly 82.67 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, up 24.7 percent annually, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The northern mountainous province of Lang Son, which has 83.16 percent of its population being ethnic minority people, has been implementing a series of measures to improve the spiritual and material life of ethnic communities.
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