Starting from July 1, farmers are allowed to borrow up to 300 million VND (12,000 USD) without collateral as part of efforts to promote agriculture and rural development, according to a new Government decree.

A symposium on agriculture and its future development in Vietnam and Japan’s Kyushu took place on November 11.

The whole agricultural sector has maintained relatively good growth in the first half of 2019 despite a number of difficulties, especially the African swine fever epidemic, which has left a heavy impact on domestic animal husbandry.

A memorandum of understanding was signed on November 6 to form the Network of Agricultural Cooperative Development Partners (NETCOOP) to promote the development of agricultural cooperatives, sustainable economic growth and the prosperity of the agricultural sector in Vietnam.