Ministry of agriculture and rural development

The prime minister’s working group inspects a customs office in Hai Phong City - Photo: Nhat Bac The move is expected to remove the customs clearance bottlenecks faced by importing enterprises, which have incurred losses totaling billions of Vietnam dong. Customs agencies will use test results from the chosen labs to conduct customs clearance procedures. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will have to abolish unreasonable regulations governing the testing of the quality of scrap imported as material, including those forcing importers to submit quarantine and environmental protection certificates issued by the Ministries of Agriculture-Rural Development and Natural Resources-Environment, respectively. In addition, the loose coordination between the customs agencies and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has made life hard for importers. In related news, on January 29, the prime minister’s working group led by Minister and Chairman of the … [Read more...] about Ministry to name labs to test imported scrap

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam exported 5.56 million tonnes of rice and brought home 2.43 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2019, up 6.1 percent in volume but down 9.1 percent in value over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The Philippines was the largest market of Vietnamese rice with 35 percent of the market share. The country spent 733.8 million USD to purchase 1.89 million tonnes of rice from Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, 2.9 times higher in volume and 2.6 times in value over the same period last year. According to the ministry, downward rice prices, which sometimes hit the bottom in 12 years, were the major reason behind the fall in rice export revenue in the period. On the average, rice price in the first nine months of this year was 435.6 USD per tonne, a drop of 13.4 percent year on year. According to Tran Cong Thang, head of the Institute of Policy and … [Read more...] about Rice export revenue suffers from price drop

A rice field in the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA) Vinh Long (VNA) – The fourth Vietnam Rice Festival will take place in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on December 13-19 with a view to promoting agro-economy and rice trade in domestic and foreign markets. The information was revealed by Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Su at a press conference in Vinh Long on November 12. A series of activities will be held at the festival, including a trade fair with 800-1,000 pavilions, a rice cooking contest, and an art photography competition on the theme of rice fields and rice cultivation. Workshops on important issues related to agricultural development will also be held as part of the event, focusing on legal framework and policies for agricultural cooperatives, agricultural vocational training, conditions for developing agro-economy and rural areas, support for rice growers, and investment in processing and trading farm produce. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam Rice Festival to take place in Vinh Long in December

The export of farm, forestry and fishery products in March reached 3.1 billion USD, bringing the total export value of the items in the first quarter of this year to 8.7 billion USD, a rise of 9.6 percent from the same quarter in 2017 (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The export of farm, forestry and fishery products in March reached 3.1 billion USD, bringing the total export value of the items in the first quarter of this year to 8.7 billion USD, a rise of 9.6 percent from the same quarter in 2017, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Q1 figure included 4.6 billion USD coming from farm produce (up by 9 percent year on year), 1.7 billion USD from aquatic products (up 11.5 percent), and nearly 2 billion USD from forestry items (up 6.6 percent). Up to 524,000 tonnes of rice were shipped abroad for 261 million USD in March, raising  the total rice export volume in January-March to 1.36 million tonnes for 669 million USD, … [Read more...] about Agro-forestry-fishery export hits 8.7 billion USD in Q1

An animal health worker fumigates a chicken farm  The plan seeks to prevent and control avian influenza outbreaks and help form disease-free poultry farming zones and chains, thus minimising bird flu’s impact on Vietnam’s public health, food safety, and trading activities. Authorised forces are requested to control outbreaks well through early detection and a swift dealing with infected hotbeds to prevent them from spreading. The plan also tasked them with preventing new and dangerous flu strains from entering or spreading in Vietnam, while vaccinating at least 80 percent of poultry subject to vaccination. Additionally, disease-free poultry production zones and chains need to be created in conformity with recommendations of the World Organisation of Animal Health, thus ensuring qualified supply for domestic consumption and export, and reducing the human infection of dangerous flu strains like the H5 or H7 viruses, according to the plan. In Vietnam, avian … [Read more...] about Plan seeks to minimise social, economic impact of bird flu