Agriculture

A seminar will be held on March 23-24 in Lam Dong Province to strengthen investment cooperation in the agricultural sector between Japanese and local businesses.

The Vietnamese and Thai agriculture ministers discussed cooperation to build sustainable rice markets and increase the value of exported farm produce during their meeting in Hanoi on March 12.

A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Japanese prefecture of Wakayama was signed on March 11.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a forum in HCM City on February 9 to connect businesses run by overseas Vietnamese to local businesses and strengthen cooperative relations in the agricultural field.

KTĐT - When the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) released its most recent statistics for the tea industry, it had a blunt warning: Vietnamese tea production has been stymied by a lack of branding and niche marketing.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) recently announced that it will intensify measures in 2015 to expand the nation’s rice exports.

Member enterprises of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) have already clinched export contracts for at least one million tons of rice with delivery scheduled for this year.

Although Vietnam was the second-largest rice exporter in the world for 2014, it is in urgent need of investment to develop a national brand to increase the value of its rice harvests.

The agriculture and rural development sector has obtained impressive results in 2014 with export turnover of nearly US$31 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.2%.

On the afternoon of December 22, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to review competitive agricultural projects implemented in eight provinces of the Central and the Central Highlands.

Vietnamese rice exporters say they are uncertain about export volume to the concentrated market (government-to-government, or G2G) in 2015 because of stiffer competition in the market.

The exports of the agriculture sector are estimated to reach US$30.8 billion in 2014, up 11.2% compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

In the 10 months leading up to November mutual trade between Vietnam and the UAE was worth more than US$11 million, according to figures from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The future of Vietnam agriculture lies in an alliance with Japan, Israel and New Zealand in support of a modernized sector with improved product quality in conformity with the highest of international standards, says Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, Director of Vietnam Institute of Economics.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has offered assistance to Vietnam’s agriculture with the aim of modernising the country’s rice industry.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta region have been growing pomelos with several special shapes, including Buddha hands, for the coming Tet holiday season.

Fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to set a new record high of US$1.4 billion by the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on October 30 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Hanoi providing for cooperation in agricultural science and techniques.

The Korea Rural Community & Agriculture Corporation (KRC) and Dong Thap provincial People’s Committee on October 27 signed a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement to collaborate in agriculture.

Export revenue from farming, forestry and seafood products is estimated to hit US$2.28 billion in October, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development noted.