Over the past three months, although facing highly complex and challenging international pressures, the agricultural sector still recorded growth of 3.58%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) at the Government’s regular March press briefing held on April 4.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a directive to strengthen measures for promoting rice production and exports in the new context, while ensuring domestic market stability and food security.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Cuba and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez has praised the rice cultivation project run by Vietnam’s Agri-VMA company in Los Palacios district, Pinar del Rio province.

Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee Tran Chi Hung on March 10 hosted a delegation from Zambia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Finance and National Planning, who came to study the Mekong Delta city’s experience in agricultural transformation and sustainable rice production.

Representatives of the Vietnamese Government and AgriVMA, a Vietnamese enterprise engaged in rice production, have handed over 250 tonnes of rice as non-refundable aid to Cuba under an agreement between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture.

A rice production cooperation project between Vietnam and Cuba launched more than two decades ago has generated positive results, becoming a model that should be expanded, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz has praised Vietnam’s rice aid and expressed his gratitude for its technical support in helping the Caribbean nation move toward self-sufficiency in this food source.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch on domestic rice market management to ensure a balance between supply and demand for rice in light of domestic and global market developments.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made great strides in reducing carbon emissions, especially through the one-million-hectare high-quality and low-carbon rice cultivation project in the Mekong Delta by 2030, says Anthony McFarlane, communications director of SunRice, Australia’s largest rice production and distribution group.

Eight Vietnamese rice enterprises have been awarded AUD200,000 (approximately VND3.16 billion, or over US$124,300) for their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice production.