Cooperation

The Vietnamese working delegation poses for a photo with representatives of JA Zennoh agricultural cooperative in Ibaraki province, Japan. (Photo: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) Nguyen Ngoc Bao has asked Japan to help Vietnam develop multi-service cooperatives which have proved successful in Japan. Bao was on a working trip to Japan from November 4-10 during which he explored the Japanese model of multi-service cooperative. Over the past seven decades, cooperatives in Japan have expanded on a large scale. They have been operated based on the multi-service approach and competed fairly with each other following the market mechanism. They are non-profit organisations which cover a wide range of areas, from production, services, distribution to provision of financial services, such as credit and insurance services, to their members. Bao visited a purchasing and processing facility of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative … [Read more...] about Vietnam wants to learn from Japan’s multi-service cooperatives

At the talks, Gen. Giang expressed his pleasure at the visit of the RoK delegation and the logistics cooperation between the two militaries. Vietnam and the RoK officially established diplomatic ties in 1992. On the basis of the bilateral relations, the two countries' militaries also founded defense ties. Since the two countries upgraded their relations to a strategic partnership in 2009, they have expanded the bilateral cooperation in various fields, and reached a lot of practical achievements, he stressed. At the talks In June 2006, the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual support in UN peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. This is a basis for the two militaries' arms and services to implement the agreed cooperation contents, he added. Gen. Giang also hoped that the cooperation between the two militaries' logistics sectors would develop more intensively and practically through the visit. Expressing his thanks to … [Read more...] about Vietnam, RoK promote logistics cooperation

Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don (right) presents a souvenir to Lieutenant General Vongkham Phommakon. The statement was made by Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don, Deputy Minister of National Defense at the reception for Lieutenant General Vongkham Phommakon, Director of the General Department of Logistics of the Lao People’s Army, on September 23 in Hanoi. During the meeting, the two sides highlighted the high efficiency of logistics cooperation between the two militaries in various fields, including education and training and military supplies, contributing to ensuring combat strength of each military, helping each military accomplish its assigned tasks, and tightening the comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States, militaries, and peoples. General Don also asked the General Departments of Logistics of the Vietnam People's Army and Lao People's Army to promote delegation exchanges and information sharing. Furthermore, they should actively make … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos foster cooperation on military logistics

Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said the Government has always paid attention to the collective and cooperative economic sectors. He affirmed that agricultural cooperatives have made important contributions to socio-economic development and poverty reduction in the Mekong Delta. While acknowledging the development of cooperatives in the region, the Deputy PM noted that they face numerous challenges at present, such as shortages of human resources and infrastructure. Many cooperatives only focus on reducing production costs without paying due attention to increasing the value of farm produce. The forum on agricultural cooperatives's adaptation to the market mechanism and climate change held in Dong Thap province on April 16 To help local cooperatives enhance their efficiency, Deputy PM Hue instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural (MARD) to make the project on agricultural cooperative development an important item in the agenda of the … [Read more...] about Agricultural cooperatives urged to adapt to market mechanism, climate change

 At the workshop. Photo: baoquangnam.vn The workshop was designed to find out solutions to enhance the operation efficiency and competitiveness of cooperatives in the agricultural value chain. Quang Nam is now home to 172 agricultural cooperatives and one alliance of agricultural cooperatives. However, cooperative members lack comprehensive knowledge about cooperatives, especially the 2012 Law on Cooperatives, while cooperatives management boards’ leadership and planning capacity remain weak. In addition, local cooperatives are still facing difficulties in getting access to markets and capital sources as well as advanced machines and technologies. Harm Haverkort, a representative of Agriterra Vietnam, emphasized the need to set up a transparent and modern financial system to provide members with updated information. He also suggested some solutions, such as offering preferential policies to encourage university graduates join cooperative management boards, organizing … [Read more...] about Dutch organization aids agricultural cooperatives in Quang Nam