Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz has praised Vietnam’s rice aid and expressed his gratitude for its technical support in helping the Caribbean nation move toward self-sufficiency in this food source.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch on domestic rice market management to ensure a balance between supply and demand for rice in light of domestic and global market developments.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made great strides in reducing carbon emissions, especially through the one-million-hectare high-quality and low-carbon rice cultivation project in the Mekong Delta by 2030, says Anthony McFarlane, communications director of SunRice, Australia’s largest rice production and distribution group.

Eight Vietnamese rice enterprises have been awarded AUD200,000 (approximately VND3.16 billion, or over US$124,300) for their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice production.

Vietnamese goods have steadily established a strong presence in the UK, with exports to this demanding market continously growing since 2021, said Hoang Le Hang, First Secretary of the Vietnam Trade Office in the UK.

Vietnam's Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi and Cuba's Minister of Agriculture Ydael Jesus Perez Brito discussed strengthening collaboration in rice production at a meeting in Hanoi on December 9.

A delegation of the World Bank (WB) led by Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Manuela V. Ferro on November 19 paid a working visit to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho during which they discussed with representatives of local authorities, sectors, businesses, and farmers related to low-emission rice production.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man received outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen at the National Assembly building in Hanoi on November 13.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 9 to launch the Capacity Building for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Rice Innovations in Southeast Asia (CABIN) project.

Carbon credits could become a key measure of success in sustainable rice farming, according to Dr Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, Director General of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).