Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent an urgent message to the Peoples’ Committees of cities and provinces, urging them to prevent illegal forest destruction. According to the MARD, positive changes have been made in the forest protection work in recent years. The number of forestry law violations and the damaged forest areas have been decreased nationwide. But there are still violations in a number of areas including Đắk Lắc , Đắk Nông, Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Quảng Nam. Violations are detected too late and aren’t strictly handled, which causes public concern. In order to prevent illegal deforestation, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường, asked the chairmen of provincial People’s Committees to adopt a number of measures including reviewing the forest destruction spots, investigating and strictly … [Read more...] about MARD makes call for urgent measures to fight deforestation
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MARD issues regulations on ’VIETNAM RICE’ national brand
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued regulations on the use of national brand GẠO VIỆT NAM or VIETNAM RICE. Organisations and individuals must also have certificates for rice products, in accordance with the Vietnamese standards (TCVN) and fulfil their tax obligations and ensure environmental protection. - Photo cafef.vn The rice national brand is designed to promote products, maintain prestige, create trust among consumers, as well as improve the competitiveness of Vietnam’s rice products in the domestic and international markets. Organisations and individuals shall be entitled to use the brand when they are granted business registration certificates, enterprise registration certificates or investment certificates, along with the contents of registration for operations, processing or trading of rice products. In addition to these, organisations or individuals can own the national brand if the competent agencies grant … [Read more...] about MARD issues regulations on ’VIETNAM RICE’ national brand
MARD announces ranking of agro-forestry-fisheries safety management
Fifteen localities are on the list of meeting requirements, while none is on the group of showing modest performance, according to the ranking, which has been released for the third time so far. The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh topped the ranking with 87.5 out of 100 points, followed by Can Tho, Hau Giang, Ninh Thuan, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Son La, Quang Binh, Dong Nai, Lai Chau, Binh Phuoc and Quang Ninh. Photo: tongcucthuysan.gov.vn Notably, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the central city of Ha Tinh showed giant leaps from the bottom of the ranking in 2016 to the top 10 localities with good performance. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City fell from the top 10 in 2016 to the 25th position with only 75 points, the same as Hanoi from the 14th to 19th position. In the bottom of the ranking were Phu Yen, Gia Lai, Bac Kan, Bac Giang and Khanh Hoa. According to the MARD’s National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department, the 2016 ranking … [Read more...] about MARD announces ranking of agro-forestry-fisheries safety management
China’s fishing ban in Vietnamese waters valueless: MARD
The ministry made the statement in response to an announcement released by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture which says that the fishing ban will last from May 1 to August 16, 2018, covering the East Sea (South China Sea), including the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam’s territorial waters. Photo for illustration In a document issued on April 23, the ministry asked competent agencies to inform fishermen about China’s fishing ban. Coastal localities were also requested to encourage fishermen to maintain their normal fishing activities in Vietnam’s waters and go sailing in groups in order to support each other at sea. Of note, fishing boats licensed to go fishing in the shared fishing grounds in the Gulf of Tonkin in 2017-2018 should not operate in the eastern area of the demarcation line in the Gulf during the period of the Chinese fishing ban, the ministry said. People’s Committees of coastal cities and provinces were asked to instruct competent … [Read more...] about China’s fishing ban in Vietnamese waters valueless: MARD
Vietnam’s forest coverage ratio reaches over 41 percent: MARD
A large number of forest area in Dak Nong was destroyed (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has over 14.41 million hectares of forest, of which, standardized area is over 13.71 million hectares, with forest coverage ratio of 41.45 percent, according to latest statistics announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Accordingly, as of December 31, 2017, the country had 10,236,415 hectares of natural forest, and 4,178,966 hectares of planted forest. After the announcement of statistics on forest situation, the MARD has asked the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to build a database on national forest resources. The administration was also requested to manage and use the database on forest and forestry land at national scale and in each locality. The People’s Committee of centrally-run cities and provinces should assign People’s Committee of districts and communes to implement their responsibilities in forest protection and development … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s forest coverage ratio reaches over 41 percent: MARD