Agricultural cooperatives

  Representatives of Hà Nội and Poland pose for a photo after signing an MoU in the capital city. — VNS Photo Minh Hương. HÀ NỘI — Representatives of Hà Nội enterprises and their counterparts from Poland gathered in the capital yesterday to seek potential co-operation at a forum. The Việt Nam - Poland Economic Development Cooperation Forum was held by the Hà Nội Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (Hanoisme) and Poland's Lower Silesian Agency for Economic Cooperation (DAWG). According to a report by Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade, as of October 2019, Poland had eight foreign direct investment projects in the city with total registered capital of US$134.83 million in realty, manufacturing and processing industry, information and communication. The eight representative offices of Polish firms mostly worked in … [Read more...] about Firms from Hà Nội and Poland seek co-operation

The recent signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has opened the door wider for Vietnamese farm produce to make inroads into the more than 500-million people strong market. According to Chairman of the Vietnam Pepper Association Nguyen Nam Hai, Vietnam exports about 40,000 tonnes of pepper to the EU each year, meeting 53 percent of the market’s demand. Along with pepper, other agricultural products are gaining foothold in EU countries such as fruits, vegetables and cashew nuts. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade) under the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, said the EU is one of the three biggest importers of Vietnamese farm produce. In the first eight months of 2019, the EU market accounted for more than 12 percent of Vietnam’s agricultural exports, he noted. Deputy head of the European-American Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Ngoc Quan said the EU is … [Read more...] about Door open wide for VN farm produce export to Europe

Ten years ago, the Vietnamese Government sought to uplift disadvantaged ethnic minority groups in the mountainous region northwest of the country with rubber plantations. Farming rubber in northwest region is a bad idea, scientists say Locals tire of slow progress of rubber plantations Quang Van Dinh, head of village Tham A of Tong Lanh Commune, Thuan Chau District, the northwestern mountainous province of Son La. The rubber trees were planted on the land he contributed 10 years have not been harvested. However, the promised riches from the ‘white gold’ has yet to materialise for those relinquishing much of their land to form the large-scale plantations as the latex flow continues to disappoint. In 2017, Son La Province boasted one of the largest areas of rubber in the northwest region with 6,000ha. The largest was the neighbouring province of Lai Chau with 12,700ha. The expansion of rubber plantation in these localities was through a partnership where the local … [Read more...] about Son La people waiting desperately for latex stream to flow