Nearly 1,000 foreign enterprises from 28 countries and territories, including giants such as Boeing, Walmart, and Central Retail, have entered Vietnam to explore investment opportunities and seek partners since early September.
At yesterday’s Vietnam Development Bridge Forum 2023 taking place in Da Nang City, representatives of localities recognized that they would not rely on natural resources but switch to sustainable green growth.
The Executive Team of the 970 Agricultural Connection Forum and the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research yesterday held a forum in Hanoi on boosting digitalization in produce – food traceability.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met UN Secretary General António Guterres and officials of foreign countries on the sidelines of the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 27.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung has affirmed that Hanoi always gives high priority to the development of friendship and cooperation with Lao localities, especially the capital city of Vientiane.
Vietnam wishes UNDP will continue to give advice to and support Vietnam in terms of health care, bidding of medicines, marine spatial planning, Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha told UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi.
Gone are the days when farmers had to toil under the burning heat. Now in the Mekong Delta, they are entering Industry 4.0 with effective implementation of technology to increase yields and create new brand names for their produce.
Agriculture has affirmed its role as an important pillar of the economy, helping build an independent and self-reliant economy with active, intensive, and effective integration into the world and bring a prosperous and happy life to people.
According to experts, farmers have been facing many risks because they have to depend a lot on imported raw materials, leading to continuously rising prices and costs.
A ceremony honoring 300 farmers for their significant achievements in the 2017-2022 period was held in Hanoi on September 13 by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Association.
Vietnam aims at a minimum of 60 percent of synchronous mechanization in crop cultivation, livestock production, and aquaculture by 2030 so that it can be in the global top-10 produce processing centers. This is the conclusion stated by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam in yesterday’s conference ‘Synchronous Mechanization for Sustainable Agriculture’, held in Can Tho City.
A video conference has been held between the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (IDEA)’s Centre of Information and Digital Technology (CID) and global payment technology company VISA to discuss cashless payment solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Agricultural authorities in central provinces asked irrigation management body of hydroelectric lakes to control the water discharge of downstream rivers to ensure enough water for agriculture and daily activities.
Several farmers proposed to borrow money as unsecured loans instead of secured loans and interest rate needs to be approved monthly instead of quarterly as currently at the dialogue with the Ho Chi Minh City government, themed ‘Policy to support the restructuring of agricultural economics: reality and solutions’, held by the People’s Council of HCMC in association with the Voice of HCMC’s People on November 30.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam is among top agro-forestry-aquatic product and food exporters in the world with export turnover growth of around 8-10 percent annually but raw material export still accounts for a large proportion.
The departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mekong Delta provinces warned that farmers should be cautious about abandoning rice, sugarcane and other crops to massively shift to grow Thai variety jackfruit trees as the price of Thai jackfruit is usually volatile.