UKVFTA - a boost to Việt Nam-UK trade Total trade in goods between the Việt Nam and the UK topped US$657.35 million in January, a year-on-year hike of 78.57 per cent.

Farmers urged to use high-tech practices to enter global value chains

Farming households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta need to apply high-tech practices to develop value-added agricultural products that can enter global value chains, Lê Minh Hoan, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said. 

Young man in Thanh Hóa leads family out of poverty

Trần Mạnh Quý, 32, lives in Xuân Du Commune, Như Thanh, Thanh Hóa Province. His income has hit VNĐ700 million (US$30,300) per year and he has created jobs for 10 local labourers with a salary of VNĐ5 million each monthly.

Steady prices of consumer goods, higher sales mark Tết Demand for consumer goods during Tết in HCM City was higher than last year despite the economic impacts of COVID-19.

Farmers embrace livestreams, high-tech advances in push for better quality, productivity1 Farmer Lê Văn Chín from the southern province of Long An recently livestreamed an advert about his cooperative’s red-flesh dragon fruit on his Facebook page.

Fruitually keeps the supply of fruits to meet with the sales boom of the festive season Fruitually keeps the supply of fruits to meet with the sales boom of the festive season

Food company Vissan profit tops $9.01 million Vissan Joint Stock Company reported pre-tax profits of nearly VNĐ208 billion (US$9.01 million) on revenues of VNĐ5.16 trillion ($223.4 million) for last year, in both cases achieving the targets it set for itself.

Mekong Delta farmers fret as fruit prices slump

Demand for fruits in the Mekong Delta is falling even as Tết approaches, and with large volumes of fruits entering the market, farmers are anxious.

Vietnamese firms told to be ready for legal challenges when exporting to US Vietnamese enterprises must be well prepared for legal issues if they seek to export to the US market, a seminar heard in HCM City last week. 

Organic dragon fruit cultivation expands in Long An

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An will expand cultivation of organic dragon fruit, primarily in Châu Thành District, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.