Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery sector has enjoyed steady growth over recent years, especially in food production. In 2024, the country achieved a record agro-forestry-fishery export value of 62.5 billion USD.
The transformation of agricultural production towards ecological, organic, circular and low-emission agriculture is a top priority as Vietnam seeks to meet its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, experts said.
The Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2024 opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 1 with 400 booths of exhibitors from 20 provinces and cities of Vietnam as well as other countries and territories.
Bank credit has significantly contributed to agricultural and rural development in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City office, told a conference on October 17.
Vietnam exported over 7 million tonnes of rice worth 4.37 billion USD in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 9.2% in volume and 23.5% in value
Localities are investing efforts in reviving agricultural production after Typhoon Yagi, but it will take more time and resources for some severely affected sectors to fully recover.
Hanoi’s agriculture sector is focusing on building a stable market and demand-based production, developing value chains, and using digital technology in transactions to ensure sustainable growth.
As an agricultural country boasting many traditional craft villages and beautiful landscapes, Vietnam holds considerable advantages for developing rural ecotourism, which has emerged as a trend among both domestic and international tourists in recent years.
As of 2023, Vietnam had collected and preserved nearly 81,000 endemic, precious, and rare genetic resources, including genetic resources of agricultural plants, forestry plants, medicinal plants, animals, aquatics, and microbe.
Vietnam boasts advantages and potential in agricultural production and export, yet domestic firms need to do more to join the global food supply chain more intensively, insiders have said.
An anti-drought, erosion and flooding project funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan has got in-principle approval from the provincial People’s Council.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang held talks with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Ricardo Cabrisas on April 15 (local time), as part of his visit to the Latin American country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 23 issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities and relevant ministries to take measure to urgently deal with the prolonged and severe cold wave that is affecting people and agricultural production.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the agriculture and rural development sector to focus on innovation, speed up digital and green transformation and promoting the development of circular economy, knowledge economy, and sharing economy, towards realising the goal of ecological agriculture, modern rural areas and civilised farmers.
Vietnam’s livestock industry set a production growth target of 4-5% in 2024 and is expected to make up 28-30% of the country’s agricultural production.
The south central province of Thanh Hoa has studied and applied scientific and technological advances into agricultural production and actively engaged in the fourth Industrial Revolution to serve socio-economic development in a fast and sustainable way.
The northern province of Hung Yen’s agriculture restructuring in conjunction with new-style rural building has brought about significant improvements to the local development and people’s living standards.
Vietnam has paid due attention to improving farmers’ capacity, making it easier for them to get access to financial instruments, as well as helping them seek market for agricultural products, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Luong Quoc Doan said.
Suitable agricultural production methods have been applied in Thuan Chau district in northern mountainous Son La province, helping the locality build new-style rural areas.
