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Lychees for exports (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – With the positive outcomes from 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, Vietnam is likely to gross 10 billion USD from exporting fruits and vegetables in the foreseeable future, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh. The Southeast Asian country earned a record 3.45 billion USD from fruit and vegetable exports in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 40.5 percent, much higher than traditional staples like rice, crude oil and coffee. In January-March this year, Vietnam raked in 960 million USD from fruit and vegetable exports, up 35.6 percent against the same period last year. Doanh said the country is shifting ineffective rice cultivation areas to grow fruits under the national agricultural restructuring programme.  Provinces in the Mekong Delta region such as Tien Giang, Dong Thap and Can Tho have zoned off large areas for growing fruits, he added. Furthermore, most farmers in the region are … [Read more...] about Vietnam targets 10 billion USD from fruit, vegetable exports

Hanoi (VNA) - According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, there are still complex developments in the remit of natural disasters in 2019 due to the impact of El Nino phenomenon. The storm season will come late, while hot weather is likely to appear earlier than that in many years across the country, and untimely rains will appear locally. Untimely rain may locally appear early in the South (Source: Vietnam+) Heat waves come early There are still complex developments for natural disasters in 2019 due to the impact of El Nino phenomenon. The ENSO phenomenon, the umbrella term for the El Nino and La Nina phenomena, is predicted to maintain its El Nino status in the first half of 2019 with a probability of 80-90 percent. The average temperature is forecast to be much higher than those of many years. From now until February 10, about three to five cold waves are likely to occur. The cold and chilly spells can occur in the last days of January to early … [Read more...] about 2019: untimely rain, less storms but abnormal

World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Ousmane Dione addresses the meeting in Hanoi on December 5 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a meeting in Hanoi on December 5 to discuss ways to sustainably develop raw material areas and improve processing capacity and market access for agro-products of Vietnam. MARD Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong said though the agricultural sector of Vietnam has obtained major achievements, it cannot rest on its laurels due to three challenges, which are the small production scale, climate change impacts and economic integration into the world. He admitted that the country has good agricultural production capacity but the production remains ineffective due to the small scale. Besides, deep processing has just developed for only some commodities like shrimp, tra fish and milk to create products with higher added value. Most of other agricultural products have very short value chains. Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Meeting talks sustainable development of agricultural material areas

  A tea plantation area in northern Thái Nguyên Province’s Đồng Hỷ District. The plantation receives the National Fund for Tea Planting to expand production. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Despite having gained access to nearly 200 countries and territories with an annual turnover of US$40 billion, Việt Nam still struggled to sustainably expand and develop markets for its agricultural commodities in harsh conditions. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường pointed out the country’s disadvantages in increasing consumption of its agricultural products at the International Support Group Plenary Meeting 2019 in Hà Nội yesterday. According to Cường, Việt Nam’s agriculture does not have effective productivity as most of farms are small in size, exposing the sector to threats of loss and crop failure, especially under the … [Read more...] about Developing raw material areas essential for Việt Nam’s agricultural growth

CSR Hung Thinh Corporation on mission for a prosperous society By Pham Nhat Friday,  Dec 6, 2019,08:46 (GMT+7) Hung Thinh Corporation on mission for a prosperous society By Pham Nhat Vietnam’s Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (4th L) and Chairman of Hung Thinh Corporation Nguyen Dinh Trung (3rd L) are at a ceremony to donate 500 charitable houses worth a total of VND25 billion to the representatives of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces on December 16, 2018 – PHOTO: HUNG THINH CORPORATION For the sake of success and sustainable development, Hung Thinh Corporation, a Vietnamese real estate developer based in HCMC, has for the past 18 years followed a code of professional ethics in which the company strives to provide high-quality products to ensure the interests of its clients and partners, as well as the local community. In addition to bringing a prosperous life to its … [Read more...] about Hung Thinh Corporation on mission for a prosperous society