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Authorities of the southern province of Dong Nai are making efforts to help local firms take full advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs).

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) wants to promote agricultural partnerships between Vietnam and Japan, with a focus on private sector investment and food value chains.

Vietnamese businesses need to get involved in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s goods value chains via distribution channels and pay more attention to positioning products and label designing to build brands in the market.

SMEs, which make up 90 percent of businesses in Vietnam, should take advantage of new marketing tools like social media to have access to global value chains, experts said.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is now home to over 6,500 enterprises, which play a significant role in manufacturing, job creation, and local budget collection, according to Chairman of the provincial Business Association Duong Tuan Anh.

Start-up enterprises could seek a number of opportunities to apply latest technologies to reform their business models at a workshop held in Hanoi on October 10 as part of the TECHFEST 2017.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has called for greater efforts to address the shortage of raw materials faced by the domestic cashew processing industry, saying that remains the biggest challenge for the sector’s development.

The Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) and German Farmers’ Association (DBV) held a workshop in Hanoi on October 4 to share experience in developing value chains in agricultural production.

Vietnam has successfully integrated in several global value chains and can increase its added value by policy reforms and initiatives in the fields of transport, services, border procedures and regional integration, said Ousmane Dione, World Bank (WB) Country Director for Vietnam.

The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) and related meetings, which are scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 10-15, is expected to enhance the competitiveness and creativity capacity of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the digital era.

Global value chains (GVCs) development and cooperation, and promotion of SMEs’ integration into GVCs have been high on agenda and supported by APEC member economies, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.

Vietnam aims to export 4 million tonnes of rice in 2030 under a 2017-2020 rice export development strategy with a vision to 2030 recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

From now to 2020, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre plans to set up 27 agricultural cooperatives which will partner with businesses to form value chains for eight key agricultural products.

The World Bank-funded project “Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation” (VnSAT) has quality over quantity in farming since it started two years ago.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and Food shared experience in food safety management for pork value chains at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on May 23.

Thailand on May 11 sent a document to the US saying that the country’s trade surplus with the US is based on differences in economic structure, not from discrimination or unfair policies.

Amidst current globalization trend and regional economic connectivity, each APEC member should be aware of the significance of becoming part of the global supply, production and value chains.

Policy makers from ASEAN and its three partners of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) discussed how to ensure sustainable production and consumption (SPC) through sustainable value chains.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has spoken to local media about measures to boost agricultural restructuring to further develop the sector.

Ho Chi Minh City should be turned into a smart city capable of deeply joining regional and global value chains and competing with its counterparts in Asia.