Since the beginning of this year, the Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed cooperation agreements with 28 provinces and cities across the country on ensuring food safety and improving the quality and value chain supply of agricultural, forestry and fishery products.
Hạt Dưỡng World JSC (HANUTI) has focused on processing quality products under the One Commune, One Product Programme (OCOP) to have stable consumption for agricultural products of ethnic minorities.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An has significantly developed agricultural production and rural areas, and improved the lives of farmers as it has effectively implemented programmes and measures for their development.
à Nội’s agricultural sector has been focusing on minimising the use of chemical pesticides and replacing them with biological pesticides, towards an agricultural sector that is safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly.
The first Krông Pắk durian festival will be held in early September in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk, aiming to promote the trade of the local fruit.
Domestic banks have promoted lending to firms exporting to the UK to capitalise on the UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) as Việt Nam’s shipments to the market have been growing impressively after more than a year since the deal took effect.
Việt Nam saw a record 30-fold growth in lobster exports to reach a total of US$130 million in the first half of the year, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
WIth positive performance in H1, the ministry expects the country's agro-forestry-fishery exports to reach $55 billion by the year-end, $5 billion higher than the Government target.
Recognition that there’s a growing market for safe agricultural produce is pushing several localities to pursue ways and means to advance clean agriculture.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng has expanded organic farming as it helps reduce production costs and is sustainable, and produce grown using the method has steady demand.
Hà Nội’s agricultural sector has strengthened safe agricultural areas to ensure sustainable agricultural production and provide a source of clean food for domestic and foreign consumers living in the capital city.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to create linkages between production and consumption in the agricultural value chain in Central Highlands province of Gia Lai together with the local People's Committee.