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New opportunities open up for agricultural product processing
Investment in processing technology is helping the agricultural sector recover after the pandemic, as well as opening a window of opportunity for Vietnam
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![Organic agriculture project adopted](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/08-2020/d679330d-5f3b3f979eda11ec4829746e.jpg)
Organic agriculture project adopted
The percentage of organic livestock products is expected to reach about 1-2 per cent of the total domestic livestock products.
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Production reform, awareness of EU regulation needed among agriculture businesses for EVFTA
With the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) coming into effect in August and eliminating most tariffs, agriculture, forestry and aquaculture businesses
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Kiên Giang develops rice co-operative – company links to ensure demand, supply
Kiên Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, has taken measures to strengthen co-operation between co-operatives and companies involved in rice
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Việt Nam's coffee exports up in H1
Việt Nam exported 955,000 tonnes of coffere, worth US$1.6 billion, in the first six months of 2020
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China remains major market for Vietnam’s farm produce
The first consignments of litchis grown in Hai Duong province shipped to Singapore hit the newspapers, and, in the past, local newspapers
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VN's rice exports bounce back after one-month interruption
While exports of many products have plunged because of Covid-19, rice exports are growing, with prices of some products reaching an 8-year high.
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Trà Vinh Province to pay $1.7m compensation to farmers hit by drought,…
The Trà Vinh Province People’s Committee has decided to provide relief worth more than VNĐ40 billion (US$1.7 million) to more than 28,000 farming
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Agriculture ministry bullish on export targets despite pandemic
Though export turnover of agriculture products in the first half of this year fell 3.4 per cent from the same period in 2019
![Mid-term rural, agricultural survey to begin on July 1](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/08-2020/65fccf4f-5f3746779eda118479666f12.jpg)
Mid-term rural, agricultural survey to begin on July 1
A mid-term survey on rural areas and agriculture will be carried out in Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces from July 1, the General Statistics Office (GSO)
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Global coffee price fluctuates, domestic price plunges
Coffee prices in the Central Highlands and the south are predicted to continue to slide downward as prices have fallen globally.
![Hanoi offers good opportunities for high-tech agriculture for investors](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/08-2020/94331080-5f37459e9eda11a476666f12.jpg)
Hanoi offers good opportunities for high-tech agriculture for investors
A number of high-tech agricultural projects have been proposed in Hanoi, a trend encouraged by the recent Hanoi investment promotion conference.
![Gia Lai to have $44m hi-tech agricultural zone](/temp/resize/75x75/upload/news/08-2020/d8025a89-5f35fc599eda11ad0712c856.jpg)
Gia Lai to have $44m hi-tech agricultural zone
A 100-ha hi-tech agricultural zone is scheduled to be built in the central highlands province of Gia Lai to develop breeding pigs and produce organic cattle