The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on December 30 announced that the agricultural sector has achieved all goals set for this year, including a growth rate of 3.36%, a record for many recent years.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh thanked Vietnam for its assistance in agricultural development while receiving Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan in Vientiane on December 28.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to build a 180-day action plan to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as recommended by the European Commission (EC), and submit it to him and the Government for approval and issuance.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products set a record high of US$53.22 billion this year, representing an increase of 9.3% compared to 2021.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Cambodian NA and Senate visited THACO Group in the central province of Quang Nam on December 24.

Japan wishes to expand cooperation with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in agriculture and human resources.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to pay a state visit to Indonesia from December 21 to December 23 at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Vietnamese firms have attended the 15th Cambodian and Import-Export Goods Exhibition (CIEG) in Phnom Penh.

Vietnam has set a target to double the amount of foreign investment in agriculture to US$34 billion by the end of 2030. However, there were a number of shortcomings and limitations the country must urgently address to realise the goal, according to policymakers and industry experts.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his talks in Brussels with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo on December 13, suggested Belgium soon ratify the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) to facilitate investment cooperation between Vietnam and the EU as well as Belgium.