Vietnam boasts advantages and potential in agricultural production and export, yet domestic firms need to do more to join the global food supply chain more intensively, insiders have said.

A working delegation from Singapore on July 12 visited agricultural farms in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to learn about food safety management policies, disease control and agricultural export certification process there.

VOV.VN - A policy dialogue conference was held in Hanoi on July 8 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam to discuss stepping up international cooperation and multi-sectoral coordination for circular agriculture.

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.