Agricultural bio-technology policies, promotion of public-private partnerships in agricultural bio-technology research and applications and the use of agricultural bio-technology in response to climate change were on the agenda of the annual APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology Meeting in Cần Thơ on Sunday.

Agricultural biotechnology is one of the key tools that can improve the yield and quality of agricultural products in a time of climate change, participants at an APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPDAB) workshop said.

Việt Nam strongly support promoting co-operation in water management for sustainable agricultural development among APEC members, a senior Vietnamese official told the first APEC Water Resources Authorities Meeting for Food Security that opened in Cần Thơ yesterday.

Around 2,600 delegates from 21 APEC member economies are in HCM City for the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 3) which begins today (Aug 18).

As many as 2,600 delegates will make it to the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings (SOM 3) expected to open in HCM City next Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said yesterday.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on Wednesday held its second biannual discussion of the Việt Nam-Japan Joint Initiative Phase VI, as well as future trade and investment opportunities between the two nations.

Cities consume 70 per cent of Việt Nam’s total energy and discharge 70 per cent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced yesterday in Hà Nội.

Population aging is one of the biggest demographic changes facing the globe, and Việt Nam in particular.

Leaders of the European Union told Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc they would speed up review of the bloc’s free trade agreement with Việt Nam with a view to signing it as soon as possible.

Defence Minister General Ngô Xuân Lịch hosted a reception yesterday for Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Thailand General Chaichan Changmongkol in Hà Nội.