VOV.VN - The National Assembly on December 5 discussed a major investment plan for a unified national target programme on rural development, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas through 2035, with lawmakers urging stronger decentralisation and clearer accountability for local authorities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over a national online conference on June 22 to review the national target programmes on building new-style rural areas and sustainable poverty reduction.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested reviewing and improving mechanisms and policies to accelerate and create breakthroughs in shaping ecological farming, modern rural areas, and civilized farmers, during a dialogue with farmers nationwide on December 31.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 31 held a dialogue with farmers nationwide, listening to recommendations of farmers, cooperatives, experts, scientists, and businesses to effectively implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies on agriculture and rural development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to host the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development, with the event scheduled to run from December 9 to December 11 in the central province of Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - A policy dialogue conference was held in Hanoi on July 8 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam to discuss stepping up international cooperation and multi-sectoral coordination for circular agriculture.

VOV.VN - The signing of the Protocol to officially export coconuts to China will help this product have the opportunity to surpass the US$1 billion mark in the near future, while also opening up "successful" opportunities for numerous key coconut localities, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The ago-forestry-fishery sector raked in US$24.14 billion from exports during the past five months of the year, up 21% against the same period from last year, according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - April witnessed Vietnam suddenly boost its imports of a number of products from the Thai market, increasing by 210% over the previous month and up 622% over April last year, according to preliminary statistics released by the General Department of Customs.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung has expressed his wish for the support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in optimising investment resources for agriculture and rural development.