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Organic development in Vietnam and lessons from Sri Lanka

The story of the food crisis and inflation in Sri Lanka suggests many valuable lessons in the development of organic agriculture in Vietnam today.

Efforts made to boost seafood cooperation between Vietnam, India

Vietnam's coastal localities and India’s Kerala state have many opportunities to expand cooperation in seafood-related business, investment and production, a fishery official of Kerala said at a recent online conference – part of trade promotion activities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

China agrees to import Vietnamese passion fruit

The General Department of Customs of China has just approved the pilot import of Vietnamese passion fruit from the beginning of July 2022.

Opportunities to increase rice exports in the context of global inflation

Global inflation is causing difficulties for many agricultural exports, but rice exports are forecast to be favorable to the market due to increased demand.

Seafood export cannot set a bigger target

Seafood exports in the first half of this year grew very strongly. However, global inflation has caused the seafood industry to lower expectations in the second half of the year.

Hanoi applies IT to enhance value of agricultural products

Despite production and market difficulties due to the pandemic and climate change, many districts, firms and organisations in Hanoi's agricultural sector have remained strong thanks to the application of science and information technology.

Bringing the specialty of pink lotus soil to the capital

With nearly 10 million people living and working, Hanoi is a potential market and opportunity for agricultural products and specialties of Dong Thap province.

Bringing Vietnamese agricultural products to Japanese standard supermarkets

Considering customers as number one and always carefully preparing all documents related to product origin is the principle of operation of FujiMart.

A An Giang old farmer develops unique home-grown tourism after COVID-19

From the heavy losses of the COVID-19 epidemic, the old farmer on the land of Cho Moi island has formed the idea of bringing grapes from Ninh Thuan to planting and developing home-grown tourism. Although it has only been open for 3 weeks, this vineyard has been visited by a large number of tourists from near and far to visit, check-in and experience.

Cooperatives receive support to adopt e-commerce

E-commerce is widely considered an effective and sustainable solution to help cooperatives improve their competitiveness, and boost production and exports, but the number of cooperatives that have gone online remains modest, prompting the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) to support them in this regard.

Japan supports organic fertilizer for fruit farmers

Fruit farmers in Dong Thap were delighted, Japanese experts came to guide them in new technology techniques and donated nearly 100 tons of organic fertilizer.

FAO: Aquaculture is the main driver of aquaculture growth

The growth of the aquaculture industry, especially in Asia, continues to make an important contribution to world food security, according to the latest FAO report.

Vietnamese lychee fluttering to Australia costs 500,000 VND - 600,000 VND/ 1kg

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia said that after promotion activities, Vietnamese lychee products are being shipped to Australia with high quality, cleared through strict Australian standards, and sold at the price equivalent to 500,000 VND - 600,000 VND/kg.

Vietnam’s exports to Hungary on the rise

Vietnam has recorded impressive growth in exports to Hungary in recent years, statistics showed.

The hottest type of lychee in Bac Giang right now, seedless fruit, unusually sweet and crunchy, affordable price

This new lychee variety was planted 3 years ago by the family of Mr. Luong Van May (Tan Son commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province) with the number of about 75 trees. In this crop, seedless lychee gave fortune-telling fruit, the ripe fruit has a beautiful red color, sweet and crunchy, especially without seeds, or very small seeds.

Agritechnica Asia Live 2022 takes place in Can Tho from August 24 to 26

On the afternoon of June 30, in Can Tho City, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the German Agricultural Association (DLG), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held the announcement of the Agritechnica Asia event. Live 2022 with the theme "Synchronous mechanization towards sustainable agriculture".