The second National Food Systems Summit Dialogue was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in partnership with a number of ministries, the UN in Vietnam and international development partners in Hanoi on July 16.

VOV.VN - An international teleconference, the largest of its kind, was held on July 15 in a bid to promote the consumption of fresh longans originating from the northern province of Hung Yen, along with a range of other local agricultural products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the northern province of Hung Yen will organise a largest-ever international conference to promote longan and other local agricultural products on July 15.

A project to improve the knowledge and capacity of Vietnamese businesses in hi-tech agriculture will be soon carried out by Asialink Business of Melbourne University and Beanstalk AgTech of Australia.

According to the State Bank of Vietnam’s department of credit for economic sectors, as of April credit injected into rural and agricultural development had reached VND2.3 quadrillion (US$100 billion), or 24.6% of the banking sector’s total loans.

Export turnover in agriculture, forestry and fisheries reached US$24.23 billion in the first half of 2021, up 28.2% year-on-year.

Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said.

Preserving and developing bio-diversity in agriculture production and wetlands have been a priority of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap over the years.

Representatives of the agriculture sector of Vietnam and Australia have agreed to accelerate work to allow the import of more farm produce of each other at the recent third Vietnam – Australia agriculture forum.

VOV.VN - An Austrian economic official has voiced his country’s support for the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) during receiving Vietnamese ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien on June 30.