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The Hanoi government will improve mechanisms and policies to encourage the participation of the private sector in the field of high-tech agriculture. Hanoi needs to remove two barriers of capital and land to attract businesses to invest in high-tech agriculture, according to local media. Applying high-tech in agriculture is inevitable for the capital city’s farming sector, especially in face of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 which has strong impacts on socio-economic life. In order to remove the agricultural development hindrance, the Hanoi government has implemented a number of solutions such as providing businesses, cooperatives, cooperative groups, farms, and households with money from the city's funds for processing and conservation of high-tech agricultural products. Tending hydroponic vegetables at Duc Phat High-tech Agricultural Cooperative (Thanh Tri district). Photo: Ba Hoat In particular, under the Hanoi Agricultural Sector’s restructuring plan … [Read more...] about Hanoi needs to remove barriers to develop high-tech agriculture

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued Official Letter 4203/UBND-KT dated August 29, requesting Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to add high-tech agriculture production of Hanoi into the national planning. In an effort to realize Prime Minister conclusion at the meeting on building agriculture industry of Vietnam, the Municipal People’s Committee directs relevant agencies and sectors to review, sum up information and propose to the People’s Committee, so that the latter will report to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development according to the PM's instruction. According to PM Decision 575/QD-TTg dated May 4, 2015 on approving general planning of high-tech agriculture production zones to 2020, orientation to 2030, Ha Noi has one high-tech agriculture production zone in Dong Anh suburban district. After reviewing, the Municipal People’s Committee requests Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to consider and ask the Prime Minister to add … [Read more...] about Hanoi focuses on high-tech agriculture production project

One-third of the number of large-scale enterprises in Hanoi have invested in high-tech agriculture. Hanoi has been promoting the application of hi-tech models to farming in an effort to build up supply-production chains connecting cities and provinces nationwide. Hanoi has 22 cooperatives applying high technology. Photo: kinhtedothi.vn The capital city has developed 160 hi-tech farming models in the outskirt districts of Me Linh, Gia Lam, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Thanh Oai, and Dan Phuong, in which nine enterprises specializing in livestock, aquaculture, preliminary processing - consumption of agricultural products including CP, Dabaco, CJ Vietnam, Minh Long, Hanoi Cattle Breeding JSC, and others are investing in high tech agriculture in the city. Director of the Hanoi Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sub-Department Nguyen Ngoc Son told a conference on May 25 in Hanoi that the situation of livestock and poultry diseases has been complicated and unpredictable … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes application of hi-tech farming models

The city has supported localities in building large-scale rice farming and encouraged businesses to expand distribution networks in the domestic market and exports. Hanoi is promoting sustainable rice production as a key solution to meet the growing demand for domestic consumption and exports. A delegate of the Hanoi's Department of Agricultural and Rural Development inspects organic farming production at Thach That District. Photo: Anh Ngoc Organic rice farming in Dong Phu Commune, Chuong My District, is considered one of the examples of rice production under the value chain. The Director of the Dong Phu Organic Agricultural Cooperative Trinh Thi Nguyet said from the original area of five hectares, the cooperative has now expanded its production area to 40 hectares. “The entire crop harvested would be later processed and distributed to other provinces/cities, as well as for exports,” Nguyet told The Hanoi Times . According to Nguyet, prices of … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes sustainable rice production

Speakers at the Viet Nam–UK Business Forum, which took place in London on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam wants to see more investment from the United Kingdom (UK) in hi-tech agriculture, in cultivation, processing, preservation and distribution of farm produce and foods, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien. He made the statement at the Viet Nam–UK Business Forum held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration of the UK Department of International Trade (DIT) in London on Wednesday. The forum discussed prospects for trade and investment between the two countries’ enterprises in agriculture, education, renewable energy and others. It also provided a platform for Viet Nam to introduce its market potential to British investors and for firms from both sides to share information and seek partnerships to make the most of the UK-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVTFA). The UK … [Read more...] about Viet Nam, UK strive to lift trade and investment relations

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency. Party and State leaders meet with NA ethnic minority deputies (Photo: VNA) - Party and State leaders had a meeting with members of the 15th National Assembly (NA) from ethnic minority groups, on May 25. Read full story - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with the governors of Kanagawa Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, Yuji Kuroiwa and Ichita Yamamoto, respectively, on May 25 as part of his ongoing trip to Japan. Read full story - Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to ASEAN, has co-chaired the 9th meeting of ASEAN-Korea Joint Cooperation Committee (AKJCC) with the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ambassador to ASEAN Kwon Hee-seog. Read full story - Vietnam’s internet economy was valued at about 21 billion USD in 2021, contributing to 5 percent of GDP and rising seven-fold from 2015, heard the Vietnam - Asia Digital … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest on May 26

Petrol retail prices in the country have been adjusted many times over the past few months, Photo: Le Toan In Vietnam, gasoline prices continue to increase, and after the adjustment on May 11 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance, each litre of E5 RON92 petrol increased by 6.5 US cents to $1.26 per litre while RON95 climbed by 6.7 US cents to $1.30 per litre. On May 17, the price of US WTI crude oil remained at a high level of over $114 per barrel while Brent oil maintained its upward momentum at $114.28 per barrel. Before the next adjustment, which was due on May 21, petrol prices in Vietnam were forecast to continue to increase to higher levels. The ministries first adjusted gasoline prices on January 11 due to a decrease in global supply, production output by Kazakhstan and Libya, and oil inventories of the United States. According to Decree No.95/2021/ND-CP, effective from January, there will be three adjustments each month to the … [Read more...] about Vietnam riding the wave of inflationary unpredictability

Legislation review necessary to increase tempo on public disbursement activities, illustration photo/ baodautu.vn Assoc. Prof. Pham The Anh from the National Economics University said that changing the slow disbursement of public investment would be very challenging because of legal risks and responsibility. “I don’t think the slow disbursement is due to the lack of motivation by those responsible for the implementation,” said Anh. “In the past two years, the bottlenecks in public investment were related to the legal environment,” he added, citing legal problems in land clearance. “The Vietnamese government still has the ability to keep up with the disbursement speed by reviewing the legislation related to public investment decisions.” In 2022, the government expects to disburse $17.69 billion according to Decision No.2048/QD-TTg dated December 6, 2021 on assigning state budget investment for 2022. “The latest directives are aimed at disbursing public investment on schedule … [Read more...] about Legislation review necessary to increase tempo on public disbursement activities

Kim Højlund Christensen, Danish Ambassador to Vietnam With the return of tourism and trade activities, can you see any movement from business and investment promotion delegations that are going to visit Vietnam? The Vietnamese government’s recent decision to lift entry restrictions and especially to resume the visa-exemption travel programme for countries, including Denmark, is great news and positively welcomed by the Danish business community. Many Danish companies are already planning their visits to Vietnam this month and early next month to meet with their local business partners in person. At present, there are over 130 Danish companies represented in Vietnam. Therefore, there will be a large number of business visitors and delegations from headquarters in Denmark or other locations in the region coming here in the near future to visit their production facilities or to find new investment opportunities. Besides that, we also expect to have trade delegations visit our … [Read more...] about Danish investors pinpointing rising potential of Vietnam’s green energy

Workers loading Hoa Phat's steel products on a truck. The company shares surged 1.6 per cent on Thursday after a long losing streak. — Photo hoaphat.com.vn Indices were little changed on Thursday as rising selling pressure in the afternoon trade weighed on many large-cap stocks. The market benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) ended the day at 1,268.57 points, up 0.14 points, or 0.01 per cent. It rose 0.22 per cent in the morning trade. The market's breadth remained positive as more stocks gained points, of which 252 stocks climbed, while 191 stocks declined. However, liquidity decreased over the last session. Accordingly, the matching value on the southern bourse fell by 18 per cent to nearly VND13 trillion (US$559.8 million). The index edged higher for the third consecutive session, but gains were pared by stronger selling pressure. The 30 biggest stocks tracker VN30-Index dropped 1.2 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 1,309.5 points. Of the VN30 basket, … [Read more...] about VN-Index pares gains on stronger selling force