Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on October 22 received agricultural counsellors from various countries to discuss ways to promote trade in agricultural products.
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern viewed agriculture as a basis for relations with Vietnam while addressing an agriculture connection event (AgriConnectioNZ) in Hanoi on November 15.
The Philippine Government has recently said that it is looking to sign import deals with some of the world's biggest fertiliser suppliers, including China and Russia, to help lower costs and increase food production amid high inflation.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc enjoyed a trade surplus of 1.2 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2021, according to the provincial Department of Statistics.
Prioritising resources for the research, application, and transfer of science and technology to diversify food products to ensure nutritional balance and food safety in people’s diet is one of the long-term targets set in the Government’s resolution on ensuring national food security until 2030.
The agricultural sector of Hanoi has enhanced management of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading in recent times, according to Hanoi's Agriculture and Rural Development Department.
Singapore and the Pacific Alliance, a Latin American trade bloc grouping Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia, are accelerating negotiations on a free trade agreement between them.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged Ho Chi Minh City to boost the application of high technology in tracing the origins of food products as a way to gradually change the habits of production and consumption to improve awareness of food safety.
Despite unfavourable weather conditions, total food production in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak reached a record high of 1.24 million tonnes this year, 71,865 tonnes higher than the same period last year.
