Vietnam shipped abroad some 3.76 million tonnes of rice worth 1.69 billion USD between January and September, dropping 16.4 percent in volume and 12.5 percent in value from a year earlier.
The Cambodian government will join hands with businesses to build rice storehouses with dryers, with an expected capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per day.
The export value of domestic fruits and vegetables is expected to reach 2.5 billion USD this year, surpassing the value of rice exports for the first time.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is striving to tackle falling exports of major farm products to assure it reaches its goal of 30 bln USD in agro-forestry-fishery export revenues.
The development of science-technology in coffee cultivation through
contributions from the Central Highlands Agriculture and Forestry
Science Institute (CASI) has helped Vietnam establish itself as the
world’s second largest coffee producer and top Robusta coffee exporter.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee
Nguyen Thien Nhan hailed the efforts made by the Steering Committee for
the Southwest Region to improve the material and spiritual lives of
locals while holding a pre-Tet meeting with the committee on February
12.
Vietnam needs to create an international brand name for its rice in
addition to developing high-quality cross-bred varieties, experts
suggested at a workshop held in Hanoi on November 26.
National Assembly deputies
proposed the Government devise result-oriented polices to support
farmers during the eighth ongoing session of the 13th legislature in
Hanoi on November 17.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho exported nearly 392 million USD worth
of commodities in the first five months of 2014, down 14 percent from a
year earlier, according to Director of the municipal Department of
Industry and Trade, Nguyen Minh Toai.
Vietnam is paying special attention to crop restructuring and the
application of science and technology to agricultural production to
increase the values of exports including rice as agriculture is
considered an important corner-stone of its economy, a radio report
said.
The export turnover of Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery products in the
first two months of this year is estimated at 4.33 billion USD,
representing a year-on-year increase of 9.4 percent.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, of
the two months’ figure, 1.73 billion USD is from shipping abroad major
farm produce, down 20.5 percent from the same period last year.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has recorded an export
turnover of nearly 481 million USD so far this year, increasing 14.63
percent over the same period last year.
The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) plans to purchase 1 million tonnes of
summer-autumn rice between July 15 and August 30, but enterprises are
concerned over a lack of capital for purchasing activities.
The nation’s agro-forestry and fisheries export revenues exceeded 10
billion USD in the first five months of the year, a year-on-year rise of
41.5 percent, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
said.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
