Delegates visit a pavilion at the fair (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - The 18th Vietnam InternationalAgriculture Trade Fair (AgroViet 2018) opened in the central city of Da Nang onJune 28.
Organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,the AgroViet 2018 is themed “High-tech farm produces towards sustainableagricultural development”.
The four-day event features nearly 200 booths, the fair willshowcase equipment and machines in agricultural production and processing,veterinary medicine, pesticide, safe agricultural and aquatic products, as wellas animal and plant varieties.
It offers chances to boost international cooperation inagriculture, while connecting businesses and consumers, thus creatingopportunities for enterprises to promote domestic market. The event also honourhigh quality agro-forestry-fishery and handicraft products, and introduce newtechnologies in agricultural production.
The annual event, one of the biggest agriculture fair ofVietnam, draws 18 agricultural firms from Thailand.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of AgroViet 2018, deputyhead of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority Vu Van Minh notedthat Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports earned 15.6 billion USD in thefirst five months of 2018, up 9.9 percent from the same period in 2017.
Ten Vietnamese agro-forestry-fishery products for exportrecords values exceeding 1 billion USD, he said.-VNA
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Delegates visit a pavilion at the fair (Photo: VNA) 
