Agriculture

Digital transformation in agriculture is a great challenge, but if achieved, it will open up many opportunities for Vietnam's agricultural sector.

Collective economy is an inevitable trend during Vietnam’s efforts for global integration, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Cooperation between businesses and farmers plays a key role in the agriculture sector's sustainable development.

The development of hi-tech farming continues to be an inevitable trend and should be the direction going forward for Vietnam’s agricultural sector.

Vietnam should take advantage of its ability to innovate and apply technology towards good resilience and green development.

Hanoi will focus on building and developing pomelo growing areas under the standards of VietGAP, GlobalGAP to meet the local consumption and export.

In the coming time, Ung Hoa District will focus on selecting experienced and enthusiastic staffs and mobilising social resources to develop collective economy.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently directed concerned agencies to apply flexible policies in building new style rural areas in extremely difficult regions.

By 2025, the city aims to plant 200ha of pomelo varieties of Tan Lac, Dien, Tam Van and Tho Bach Ha and they will be grown in a safe way.

Vietnam’s agricultural sector continues to demonstrate its role as the supporting foundation for the whole economy in times of difficulties, stated a senior official.

Total food losses in Vietnam are estimated at 8.8 million tons or US$3.9 billion in 2018, equivalent to 2% of Vietnam’s GDP or 12% of the country's agriculture value.

The Vietnamese government has made great efforts to fight against IUU fishing in the past.

In the first half of this year, rice export value jumped 18.6% year-on-year to US$1.71 billion.

The MOU will also foster greater cooperation between Vietnam, US, and international law enforcement agencies to ensure sustainable living marine resources and combat IUU fishing.

The waived tax is estimated to reach US$326 million a year until 2025.

At present, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a decline of 7% year-on-year in trade turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products between Vietnam and China.

The import staples include cow, wheat, fruit, corn, soy, and animal feed which will be purchased in the next two to three years.

The program built the capacity of livestock experts and extension officers to enhance sustainable intensification of the sector.

A working group from Vietnam plans to visit agricultural suppliers in the US, with a view to importing agricultural products and technologies to support domestic production and consumption.

Vietnam targets to join the 10 most advanced countries in agriculture by 2030, and become a global hub for food processing and agricultural logistics.