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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is calling for ideas to create a draft decree that establishes a system of regulations ensuring Việt Nam’s legal timber and wood products qualify for import and export. Farmers load forest wood onto a truck in the central highlands province of Gia Lai The ideas are expected to come from relevant ministries and sectors, experts and the public. The draft decree will include criteria and procedures for the classification of timber exporting enterprises and timber products, and for tracing the origins of imported wood. It will consist of seven chapters and 28 articles. The ministry said the decree is necessary to ensure the legality of Vietnamese timber in conformity with the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLECT), which was ratified by the EU and Việt Nam on October 19, 2018 to address illegal logging and promote trade of legal timber products. The … [Read more...] about MARD gathers ideas for timber regulations

  TH True Milk Dairy farm in Nghệ An Province. — Photo Zing.vn HÀ NỘI — Government officials have revealed the huge potential for dairy farming and called on more businesses to get involved. With the total turnover of VNĐ109 trillion (US$4.73 billion) last year, Viêt Nam ranks sixth in Asia in milk output, and fourth in dairy cow productivity. That was the message from Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Phùng Đức Tiến who was speaking in a forum this week in Hà Nội. In the first eight months of 2019, productivity has rised. Milk and dairy products increased by 7.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. Deputy head of the Department of Farm Produce Processing and Market Development Phạm Văn Duy said: “Vietnamese milk and dairy products are popular in overseas market, especially in China and the Middle East.” Currently, China … [Read more...] about MARD’s call for diary farm improvements

Major General Tran Duy Giang, Director of the General Department of Logistics of the MND, and Nguyen Truong Son, Deputy Director of the General Department for Natural Disaster Prevention under the MARD, co-chaired the event. Representatives of the Ministry of National Defense at the conference Over the past several years, the MND has given timely suggestions to the MARD in instructing its affiliated agencies to discuss and build plans related to the operations of  local defensive areas and collaborated with the General Department for Natural Disaster Prevention to carry out disaster responses and search and rescue missions. In turn, the MARD has directed its local sectors to implement economic-social development strategies in  line with the master plans of local military units. At the conference, the two ministries agreed to build a joint cooperation program for the 2019-2020 period towards 2025 to improve the effectiveness of their collaboration, … [Read more...] about MND, MARD hold coordination conference

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam shipped abroad 586,000 tonnes of rice in September for 251 million USD, pushing the total rice export volume and value in the first nine months of this year to 5.2 million tonnes and 2.24 billion USD, respectively. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the figures represented a rise of 5.9 percent in volume and a drop of 9.8 percent in value compared to the same period in 2018. The Philippines was the top market for Vietnamese rice in the first eight months of this year, consuming 1.76 million tonnes worth 720 million USD, 2.9 times higher in volume and 2.6 times in value over the same period last year. Strong growth was also seen in other markets, including Australia (75 percent), Ivory Coast (nearly 35 percent), and Hong Kong (nearly 35 percent). The average rice price in the first eight months of 2018 fell 13.8 percent year on year to 435 USD per tonne. White rice led the way in the … [Read more...] about Rice exports bring home 2.24 billion USD in nine months

Relevant agencies are asked to speed up the organisation of regional events and complete assigned tasks to wrap up the 10-year implementation of the target programme before the national conference to be held on October 20 in the northern province of Nam Dinh.   The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is tasked with working with functional agencies to prepare agenda and compile documents, and with the Nam Dinh People’s Committee to organise the conference and events on the sidelines. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism must join hands with the MARD and Nam Dinh authorities on cultural and art performances at the event and a photo exhibition on the 10-year implementation. Relevant agencies are asked to team up with the MARD to organise the conference and report results of the programme to the MARD prior to September 30, while localities nationwide should enhance communications to raise awareness of the event and achievements of … [Read more...] about PM orders preparations for conference on new-style rural area building