Canada supports Vietnam’s agricultural restructuring
(VOV) - Canada has approved funding of CAD500,000 for Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to implement a technical and policy support project to restructure the agricultural sector in the 2013-2020 period.
At the signing ceremony in Hanoi on July 8, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang highlighted the Canadian Government’s support for Vietnam’s agricultural sector over the years.
Over the past year, the ministry has resolutely restructured the agricultural sector by supervising planning, applying science and technology, training human resources, building proper policies and adopting new approaches in agricultural development.
Ms. Victoria Sutherland, Chargé d’affaires of Canada in Vietnam said that the Canadian Government’s support for Vietnam has primarily focused on improving mechanisms from the central to grassroots level and the strengthening of competitiveness at the local level.
Canada has been now formulating a new food safety project which will help enhance competitiveness in the agricultural sector and increase income for 15 million of farmer households in Vietnam, Ms Sutherland added.