HA NOI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to finalise and submit a plan for hi-tech agricultural zones to the Government for approval in June, said deputy minister Bui Ba Bong.

Vietnam’s weak plant and animal breeding industry has left the country with no choice but to spend a lot of money importing seeds and breeding stock, which will impair the future growth of the country’s entire agricultural sector, experts say.

HA NOI — Improved farming practices, especially in rice cultivation, would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and provide economic benefits for rural farmers in Viet Nam through participation in a carbon-credit programme, according to international experts.

The agricultural sector of Vietnam is now playing a particularly important role in ensuring food security, creating jobs and income for 70% of the population of the country, and is a decisive factor for poverty reduction and contribution to national economic development as well as social and political stability

Mr Le An Hai – Vietnamese trade counselors in Korea - said Lotte Group is working with the Vietnam Trade Office in Korea to search for Vietnam’s vegetable suppliers.

Farmers in Can Tho City have increased their profits by VND4.8 million to VND5.3 million per ha in the last winter-spring rice crop under the large-scale cultivation model, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

HA NOI — About 20-30 per cent of agricultural land in Viet Nam is expected to be flooded by the year 2100 due to rising sea levels, leading to a vast reduction in the country's food production capacity.

HA NOI — Food security, safety and infrastructure investment in rural areas were among the chief issues discussed at yesterday's online dialogue between members of the public and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat on the Government's website

HA NOI – Food security, safety and infrastructure investment in rural areas were among the chief issues discussed at this morning's online dialogue between members of the public and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat on the Government's website.

In recent times, several local companies have shifted to investing in agriculture. They see the new business area as a long-term and much safer investment strategy to cope with the tough situation in which many industries are facing numerous risks and the global economic crisis is still going on.