Nguyen Duc Thanh, chairman of the Vietnam Cashew Association, and Veng Sakhon, Cambodia’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries sign bilateral agreement on cashew development in Cambodia. — Photo vtv.vn Viet Nam will help the Cambodian agriculture sector to raise cashew output to one million tonne in the next 10 years. This is part of a bilateral agreement signed on Wednesday by Nguyen Duc Thanh, chairman of the Vietnam Cashew Association, and Veng Sakhon, Cambodia’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Under the agreement, the association will help Cambodian side to promote production, preservation and trade of cashew in Cambodia and access market, in addition to transferring post-harvest technology, investing and developing cashew in 10 provinces of Cambodia. Cambodia currently has more than 100,000ha under cashew cultivation, with a total output of more than 100,000 tonnes of crude cashew nuts, a majority of which is exported to Viet Nam. With abundant land funds, Cambodia is aiming to bring 500,000-600,000ha under cashew cultivation to produce one million tonne of cashew nuts in the next 10 years. At the meeting of the association, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh highly appreciated the project and the association’s co-operation with Cambodia to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. — VNS
Viet Nam will support Laos to build and operate its government website under an agreement signed in Ha Noi on Thursday, Nov 24, between the Vietnamese Government Office and the visiting Laos Government Office. In a courtesy visit to Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vice Chairman of the Laos Government Office Phetsakhon Louang Aphay informed his host about the results of talks with his Vietnamese counterparts. "Viet Nam has agreed to support us in IT application through the construction of a government website and electronic portal," Aphay said. Deputy Prime Minister Phuc said the agreement reflected the close co-operation…... [read more]
At a seminar on Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia archaeological cooperation was held in Ha Noi on December 11, scientists reviewed development of archaeology in the region over the recent past, informed the results of recent archaeological studies and seek opportunities for sustainable cooperation. President Tran Duc Luong and scientists from Laos , Cambodia , Viet Nam , Thailand , the US and Japan attended the event In Viet Nam , basic results of studies of prehistoric and early historic archaeology have been obtained. In early the 20th century, foreign archaeologists discovered the Hoa Binh and Bac Son culture. In the 1960s, Viet…... [read more]
UK experts to help Vietnam develop creative industry By Tuong Vi - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - UK specialists and consultants in the creative industry will visit Vietnam this year to help the country build up the “creative industry”. The creative industry project was initiated by the British Council in 2008 but has since been implemented in HCMC only. “We hope this project will spread out to other cities and provinces nationwide and we are working with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,” Alison Ball, director of the British Council in HCMC, told the Daily on Wednesday. After…... [read more]
Help urged for cashew industry By Thuy Dung - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent a petition to the central bank governor proposing cash-strapped cashew processors and exporters be allowed to have their bank loans rescheduled. The ministry said commercial banks should give a six-month extension for the loans made to the industry and lower lending rates for cashew processors and exporters At a meeting with the ministry early last month, Nguyen Thai Hoc, chairman of the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas), said cashew exporters were struggling to find new export markets…... [read more]
Viet Nam and Cambodia established official diplomatic relations on 24 June 1967. This year, the two countries celebrate this event and welcome the Year of Viet Nam - Cambodia Friendship. Over the past forty five years, the long-lasting historical relations, solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two countries of Viet Nam and Cambodia have been consolidated and fostered to become the common valuable asset. The people of the two countries supported and assisted each others in the years of arduous struggle against colonialism and imperialism for independence and freedom. The Vietnamese people and army joined the Cambodian revolutionary forces in…... [read more]
