Agriculture

The first 400 tonnes of chicken officially exported to Japan last weekend was a historic landmark of Vietnamese farming industry.

The first batch of Vietnamese chicken was dispatched to Japan at the Long An International Seaport in the southern province of Long An on Sep 9.

From October 6 to 8, more than 100 pavilions will be set up at the Vietnam seafood and tra fish (pangasius) fair, the first of its kind, to be held in Hanoi, as announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at a press brief this morning, September 8.

Australia has recently announced its agriculture strategy in Vietnam, identifying economy, innovation and security as priorities in the agriculture cooperation between the two countries.

On July 28, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) opened a business matching event in Hanoi to help businesses from both sides seek market opportunity and expansion.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just granted the Official Letter No. 3088/UBND-KT on asking relevant agencies to implement the direction of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on preventing production and business of fake and poor quality goods, agricultural materials as well as using banned substances in livestock.

According to the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Vietnam is expected to be the world’s fifth largest rice producer in 2017.

On April 24, New Zealand and Vietnam have launched a New Zealand-funded 3.8m USD initiative to reduce dam related flooding in Vietnam.

Vietnamese rice exports continued to face numerous challenges in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017 when the country has seen its rice exports sharply plunging since 2013.

A transformation of Viet Nam’s agriculture sector is vital for lifting growth and enabling Viet Nam to graduate to upper-middle-income status, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new flagship report launched today.

According to the latest report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products in March is estimated at 2.9 billion USD, bringing the total export value in the first 3 months of this year to 7.6 billion USD, up 7.6% over the same period in 2016.

A forum was yesterday held to discuss demand for agricultural products, that is increasing while resources needed for farming are shrinking, and this provides young people with the opportunity to start up businesses that offer advanced solutions and innovative projects to increase productivity and quality.

Vietnam will return India-imported batches of agricultural products infected with beetles and allow the imports of those not infected, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) on Monday.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology has urged farmers in the southern Mekong Delta to embrace technology to develop smart agriculture.

Vietnam`s catfish exports have experienced a "hot growth" of 24.2 percent-88.7 percent in the past five years, official statistics showed on Tuesday.

Vietnam spent some 164 million U.S. dollars on fruit and vegetable imports in the first two months of 2017, up 55 percent year-on-year, according to Vietnam Customs on Tuesday.

If deep-processing products may account for 30-40 percent of Vietnam`s coffee output, the country`s coffee export revenue is expected to hit 5-6 billion U.S. dollars by 2030, Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association (Vicofa) said on Monday.

On Wednesday as International Women`s Day is being observed worldwide, in Vietnam the men are tearing their hair out to choose the right gift for their beloved women.

Vietnam targeted shrimp and catfish as two key seafood export products in 2017, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Monday.

The first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 1) kicked off Thursday in Vietnam`s south central Khanh Hoa province`s Nha Trang city, with participation of delegates from 21 APEC member economies.