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Growing demand for Vietnamese rice in Africa
Growing demand for Vietnamese rice in Africa

Vietnam’s rice exports to African countries have increased and are expected to remain on the rise for the rest of 2020 and in 2021 as well.

Farm exports to EU face name recognition, standards challenges
Farm exports to EU face name recognition, standards challenges

The protection offered by the European Union to 39 unique Vietnamese products under a newly activated trade pact opens the door to Vietnam’s agriculture

Vietnamese agricultural products struggle to enter supermarkets
Vietnamese agricultural products struggle to enter supermarkets

Although it is an agricultural powerhouse, many Vietnamese agricultural products which are sparsely imported in supermarkets to compete in the domestic market

Mushroom farming brings prosperity in Bắc Ninh
Mushroom farming brings prosperity in Bắc Ninh

After investing VNĐ100 million (US$4,300) to grow mushrooms in a 300 sq.m workshop in 2015, a family in the northern province of Bắc Ninh earned VNĐ150 million

Trà Vinh to grow high-value crops on low-yield rice fields
Trà Vinh to grow high-value crops on low-yield rice fields

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh plans to switch to high-value crops on more low-yield rice fields and use advanced farming techniques

Investors see agricultural processing sector as ripe for plucking
Investors see agricultural processing sector as ripe for plucking

On September 27 construction of a US$66 million hi-tech agricultural complex began in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Macadamia nuts ripe for billion-dollar expansion
Macadamia nuts ripe for billion-dollar expansion

Vietnam wants to earn around $1 billion from growing macadamia by 2030, and although some plantations have achieved partnerships with domestic buyers

Price of pigs falls too deeply, millions of breeders to face difficulties
Price of pigs falls too deeply, millions of breeders to face difficulties

From now to the end of the year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is expecting to maintain the price of live pigs at about VND70,000 per kg.

Đồng Tháp holds ceremony for first advanced rice farming project
Đồng Tháp holds ceremony for first advanced rice farming project

The Đồng Tháp Province People’s Committee on Wednesday held a ceremony to celebrate the Mekong Delta province’s first advanced rice farming project

Ho Chi Minh City pilot to build temporary structures on agricultural land
Ho Chi Minh City pilot to build temporary structures on agricultural land

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has launched a pilot programme to build temporary structures on agricultural land in Củ Chi, Cần Giờ and Nhà Bè district

Vietnamese co-operatives export dragon fruit, pomelo to Canada
Vietnamese co-operatives export dragon fruit, pomelo to Canada

Thanh Bình Co-operative’s dragon fruit and Bến Tre Green Pomelo Cooperative’s pink lady pomelo have hit shelves at supermarkets and fruit shops and a juice

Mekong Delta expands rice-shrimp farming model
Mekong Delta expands rice-shrimp farming model

A model that rotates rice cultivation with shrimp breeding in the same field has become very popular in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta since it helps

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