Attracting businesses and investors to pour capital into sustainable agricultural value chains is seen as a key solution to pave the way for, and create breakthroughs in the sector’s development amid intensive integration and the volatile global economy, according to insiders.

Nestlé Vietnam in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has launched a project on sustainable coffee farming under the agro-forestry model in Vietnam, aiming to plant more than 2.3 million trees by 2027.

VOV.VN - A range of local agricultural products, particularly seedless lemon, have recently secured a firm foothold in several Gulf states.

Green, circular production in combination with well-connected supply chains will create a foundation for sustainable agricultural exports, experts have said.

VOV.VN - The Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) and the Vietnamese Trade Office in China on June 16 co-hosted a seminar on improving the quality of food products exported to the China, the biggest export market of Vietnam.

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.