On August 8, 2024, Science and Technology Information and Statistics Center (CESTI, under the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City) organized a workshop on "Biotechnology for plant breeding". The workshop aimed to report and analyze trends in applying biotechnology in selecting and breeding plant varieties, combined with sharing some experiences and solutions from scientists, with the ability to deploy applications in agricultural production activities, helping managers and businesses have more information about trends in research and application of biotechnology at home and abroad to select and breed plant varieties.

The Australian Government and the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced funding for three advanced agricultural technology projects, through the Innovation Partnership Grants component of the Australia-Vietnam Innovation Partnership (Aus4Innovation) program. The funding package worth 1.45 million AUD aims to support the adoption of advanced technologies that can improve agricultural productivity and promote sustainable agricultural practices in Vietnam.

Several methods of artificially cultivating red linhzhi have been carried out. However, the raw material for cultivating red lingzhi is rubber sawdust, which is increasingly scarce and expensive, leading to very high investment costs.

One of the key tasks of the agricultural sector in the coming time is to improve labor productivity with the key solution being to improve labor quality through the development of high-tech agriculture.

The research team of the Institute of Environmental Technology has prepared nano leaf fertilizers and nano plant protection products to help avocado trees in Dak Nong province increase productivity and reduce the rate of fungal diseases.

The Mekong Delta (MRD) possesses high biodiversity with more than 500 species of fish. Among them, Siluriformes, also known as the pangasius, is a very diverse set of fish in the bony fish group. This set of fish is important in the development of the fisheries economy with many species raised on a large scale to provide food fish.

On March 14-15, 2024, Tay Ninh Agricultural Extension Center organized a trip to study new agricultural models and apply high technology in production in Lam Dong province.

Currently, the widespread use of herbicides to protect crops causes negative impacts on human health and the living environment.

Researchers Pham Van Tuan (Southern Center for Planning and Investigation of Groundwater Resources) and colleagues at the Delft Water Education Research Institute, the Netherlands, jointly evaluated the impact of water resource variability implicit in people's lives in the Mekong Delta.

On March 18, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien had a meeting with Mr. Kasimov Elzat, Deputy Minister of Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan. The two sides discussed cooperation activities in the near future.