Vietnamese agricultural brands honoured The Việt Nam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday held a ceremony to honour Việt Nam's gold farming brands 2019.

Vietnamese agricultural brands honoured The Việt Nam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday held a ceremony to honour Việt Nam's gold farming brands 2019.

Balance needed for industrial and agricultural development Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper speaks to two senior Government officials on how to balance the development of traditional crafts with agricultural production  

Herbicides must be better regulated

Better managing the production, trading and use of herbicides is an urgent task for Việt Nam and the world, said Hồ Xuân Hùng, head of the Vietnam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Land pooling needed to boost agriculture: seminar

Pooling of land is needed to improve agricultural efficiency, but the Government also needs to have policies to safeguard the benefits of both farmers and businesses, a seminar on land pooling heard in HCM City on Monday.

Farmers hail land tax waiver

An estimated 12.5 million people will be eligible for agriculture land tax exemption, leaving merely 77,000 people still subject to this tax.

VN honours outstanding farm products, firms

Thirty-nine agricultural products and 40 outstanding companies were honoured at a programme displaying high quality agricultural products by the Việt Nam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development.

No excuse for bad decisions made by senior officials

Hồ Xuân Hùng, adviser to the National New Style Rural Development Programme, told newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about some key factors leading to the VNĐ10 trillion ($445.9 million) debt incurred during programme implementation.

Food safety needs improvement

Head of the Việt Nam General Council of Agriculture and Rural Development Hồ Xuân Hùng speaks to the Nông thôn ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about food safety in Việt Nam

Environmental issues hinder new rural areas In the five years since the Government put in place Decision No 49/QD-TTg on 19 criteria for new-style rural areas for the 2010-20 period, the majority of communes across the nation fail to meet the 17th criterion on environment. Both local and central authorities find it difficult to fill all five norms, as set down.