Agriculture remains a bright spot in the overall gloomy export picture in the first five months of this year, with agro-forestry-aquaculture export turnover in May rising 9.5% month-on-month and 8.5% year-on-year to reach US$2.9 billion.

VOV.VN - An initial batch of seedless lychees grown in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa has been shipped from Vietnam to both Japan and the UK.

Agriculture has long been the backbone of Vietnam’s economy for a number of comparative advantages, such as cultivated land, forest cover, sea territories, tropical climate, and available and cost effective labour, according to Surajit Rakshit, head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Agriculture Fair 2023 kicked off at AEON MALL Ha Dong on June 8, featuring 1,000 agricultural products, regional specialties, processed food, high quality products under the local One Commune-One Product (OCOP) programme.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is boosting the development of agricultural and rural tourism to increase added value for agricultural products and improve the lives of rural people.

Amid the global economic recession, Vietnam’s industrial growth in 2023 may experience a slight decline, but agricultural output is expected to increase modestly, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is ready to further promote links with Chungcheongbuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in potential fields such as high technology, semiconductor manufacturing, and green agriculture, said Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

VOV.VN - The administration of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with enterprises from the Netherlands and Vietnamese enterprises involved in import-export activities to discuss cooperation opportunities in agricultural import – export and logistics.

VOV.VN - The pomelo growing area in Phuoc Binh commune of Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province, has been granted a planting area code by the United States Department of Agriculture, enabling it to export the fruit to the US market in the future.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is willing to share its success in agricultural development with Mozambique, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri told his Mozambique counterpart Olegário dos Anjos Banze in Maputo capital on May 29.