Land accumulation essential to apply innovation in agriculture Việt Nam News reporter Khoa Thư talks to Vũ Trọng Khải, former director of the Central Agricultural Cooperative Management School II, on how land policies should be changed to help agriculture thrive.

Seminar discusses ways to add value to farm produce

Improving production technologies, designs and packaging are among the important factors that could add value to Vietnamese farm produce, businesses have said.

Farmers in Tiền Giang grow more fruit, adapt to climate change

The expansion of fruit growing areas in Tiền Giang Province, the country’s largest fruit producer, has helped farmers adapt to climate change and improve their incomes. 

Mekong Delta province enjoys boom in agrotourism

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp is emerging as an agrotourism destination with its increasing adoption of advanced farming models to breed fish and grow rice, tropical fruits, vegetables and flowers, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Fruit and vegtable export figures slip

Việt Nam saw a 4.3-per-cent decline in vegetable and fruit export value during the first nine months of this year.

Talking shop - EVFTA: Agricultural exporters will increase in professionalism

The EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to boost Việt Nam's exports, especially agricultural and aquatic products that already have competitive advantages in the European market. However, the domestic agricultural sector will face challenges when penetrating this market of over 800 million people.

Tây Ninh custard apple farmers embrace VietGAP standards

The southeastern province of Tây Ninh, the country’s largest custard apple producer, is growing the fruit to good agricultural practice (GAP) standards like VietGAP and Global GAP to meet the market demand and improve farmers’ incomes.

Long An fosters ties between farmers, agricultural companies

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An seeks to create close ties between producers and consumers of its major agricultural items, the director of its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

Start-up plans to bring mushroom products to the world

She sometimes had to lug 100 kilograms of dried mushrooms on her old motorbike from a farm 20 kilometres from her home.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu starts to embrace organic farming Lương Văn Quang got started with organic farming two years ago to help feed his family.