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Vietnam Rice Festival to take place in Vinh Long in December

The fourth Vietnam Rice Festival will take place in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on December 13-19 with a view to promoting agro-economy and rice trade in domestic and foreign markets.
Vietnam Rice Festival to take place in Vinh Long in December ảnh 1A rice field in the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA)

Vinh Long (VNA) – The fourthVietnam Rice Festival will take place in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Longon December 13-19 with a view to promoting agro-economy and rice trade indomestic and foreign markets.

The information was revealed by Deputy Directorof the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Su at a pressconference in Vinh Long on November 12.

A series of activities will be held at thefestival, including a trade fair with 800-1,000 pavilions, a rice cooking contest,and an art photography competition on the theme of rice fields and ricecultivation.

Workshops on important issues related toagricultural development will also be held as part of the event, focusing onlegal framework and policies for agricultural cooperatives, agriculturalvocational training, conditions for developing agro-economy and rural areas,support for rice growers, and investment in processing and trading farmproduce.

The Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and the Vietnam Farmer’s Union will jointly organise a ceremony tohonour outstanding individuals and collectives in implementing the target ofdeveloping 15,000 effective cooperatives and associations of agriculturalcooperatives.

In the first 10 months of 2019, Vietnam exported5.56 million tonnes of rice worth 2.43 billion USD, up 6.1 percent in volumebut down 9.1 percent in value year-on-year./.



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