Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has affirmed his confidence that Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports can reach the revenue target of US$55-56 billion this year.

The inaugural Bonjour Vietnam Festival took place in Paris on June 25-26, aiming to showcase the Vietnamese culture, people and agricultural products to French consumers.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Binh Dinh and the Indian General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City on June 25 held a conference on investment promotion, trade and tourism development with Indian partners.

Vietnamese businesses should continue to invest in deep processing to effectively penetrate Asian and African markets amid the rising trend to use deeply processed products in these outlets, the Asia-Africa Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

The agricultural sector should make concerted efforts to remove market bottlenecks and develop brands for agro-forestry-fishery products in the international markets, a Party official said on June 14.

A delegation of the central province of Nghe An led by Secretary of its Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy paid a working visit to the UK from June 11-13 to seek ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially in trade, investment, hi-tech agriculture, tourism, and education.

An agricultural cooperative of Gangjin district in South Jeolla province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is hiring 20 Vietnamese workers under a five-month contract starting from April 22 to harvest onions and garlic.

VOV.VN - The fourth International Exhibition on Machinery, Equipment, Supplies, Chemicals, and Agricultural Products in Vietnam (Agri Vietnam 2024) officially kicked off on June 12 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City.

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.

A workshop on developing the circular economy in rice production and processing was held in Can Tho city on June 7, drawing the participation of policymakers, experts, and representatives from international organisations and the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of 13 Mekong Delta localities, and businesses in this industry.