Farmers of Xuan Huong Cooperative in Lam Dong Province harvest vegetables. Viet Nam has planned to have 500 hi-tech agricultural cooperatives by 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo Pham Kha Viet Nam has planned to have 500 hi-tech agricultural cooperatives and to increase the high-tech farming production value by five times by 2020. This was revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which said that 60 per cent of the cooperatives would be located in the country’s major agricultural production hubs such as Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta, Hong (Red) River Delta, the northern mountainous region and Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region. The ministry planned that each province and city would have at least three hi-tech agricultural cooperatives. Of note, the production value of hi-tech agricultural products was expected to be five times higher. The average income from hi-tech farming products was expected to be three times higher than products which did not apply technologies during cultivation, from the current 1.5 times. In addition, the percentage of cooperatives using automation technology models and biotechnology would be increased from the current 17 per cent to 30-40 per cent. The ministry said it was important to develop a production value chain of high-added value farming products and to promote the linkage of cooperatives with enterprises, as well as to encourage technology transfer and provide preferential loans to agricultural cooperatives. At the same time, training would be provided to cooperatives’ members. The agriculture ministry targeted that this year, 100 people would be sent… [Read full story]
VGP - Việt Nam and China will foster cooperation and exchange of experience in forestry development policies and scientific applications in seed and seedling production. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Đức Phát and Minister of the China State Forestry Administration Jia Zhibang on September 17 in Hà Nội. According to the document, the two sides will link hands in fighting deforestation and climate change, controlling forest fires, pests and diseases, enforcing forest laws, and raising public awareness about forest protection. Mr. Cao Đức Phát hoped Việt Nam and China to…... [read more]
In the upcoming time, two sides need to encourage the two countries’ enterprises to survey and seek business & investment opportunities each other.President Quang also suggested Madagascar paying the favorable mechanisms and policies for Vietnamese investors in the fields of agriculture and business production. Besides that, the two nations need to collaborate in calling on expense source and assistance from international and developing countries to support agricultural cooperation projects, added Mr. Tran Dai Quang.BY MINH GIANG- Translated by Huyen Huong... [read more]
Vietnam and Cuba will further scientific and technological cooperation and look to team up in agricultural development. These were signaled during a visit to Cuba by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Van Lang, who also acts as Head of the Managing Board of Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park. Lang held a working session with Cuban Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Lina Rodriguez in Havana on Feb. 25. They exchanged experiences in building, developing and managing hi-tech parks. They also dealt with the application of research conducted by these parks in production and daily life. The same…... [read more]
VGP - Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai hopes that Australia would encourage more agricultural businesses to strengthen their footholds in Viet Nam. Deputy PM Hai was speaking on November 6 in Ha Noi at his reception for Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Joe Ludwid who is on a working visit to Viet Nam. According to Mr. Hai, Viet Nam and Australia have become important trade partners of each other with their two-way trade volume rising to US$5 billion. The Australian Government has so far supported Viet Nam's agricultural sector in different projects on clean water supply, environmental sanitation,…... [read more]
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung met with President of Devnet Japan Fumiyasu Akegawa on October 21 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam wants to learn from the agricultural co-operative model of Japan in order to seek a development direction suitable with its own advantages, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told Fumiyasu Akegawa, President of Devnet Japan at a meeting in Hanoi on October 21. Deputy PM Dung said that it will be beneficial if Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia study this co-operative model together with the support of international organisations under the United Nations and Devnet. He thanked Devnet for…... [read more]
