The diplomat said apart from partnerships in oil and gas, the two countries are actively carrying out projects to develop rice cultivation and aquaculture.

According to Uzcategui, thanks to the assistance of Vietnamese experts, Venezuela has developed nearly 40 rice varieties with high yield.

Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Jorge Rondon Uzcategui.

Venezuelan farmers have succeeded in cultivating three crops a year and ensuring food security, he said.

The country’s shrimp output in the previous year increased by 60 percent thanks to Vietnam’s technical support, he added.

He stressed that for the 2019-2025 tenure, the Venezuelan Government will actively promote policies to attract foreign investment.

Venezuela wants to expand cooperation projects with Vietnamese investors, he said, suggesting the two countries work together in the garment-textile field in the future.

Regarding activities to support Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims, the ambassador said the Venezuelan Embassy in Hanoi will continue accompanying the country in the fight for justice for the AO victims, as well as in humanitarian activities to support them.

Luc Nam develops commodity-based agriculture, enhances competitiveness

(BGO) – Commodity-based agricultural production is an indispensable trend of development to improve the value of income per unit area. Recognising this issue, over the past years, Luc Nam district of Bac Giang province has paid attention to the development of quality, highly competitive commodity-based agriculture, thereby increasing the value of products and developing brands for local farm produce.

 

PM urges Vietnamese agriculture to be among the world’s top 15 in next decade

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the agricultural sector to reach the top 15 most developed countries in the world in the next 10 years, with its agricultural product processing ranked in the top 10.

 

Party resolution brings remarkable changes in agriculture, rural areas

The implementation of the 10th Party Central Committee’s Resolution 26-NQ/TW on agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the past decade has brought about marked achievements, said Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh.

 

Australia aids gender equality project via agriculture, tourism in Lao Cai

The Lao Cai People’s Committee and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam held a workshop in the northern mountainous province on August 21, to launch the Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) project.

 

Vietnam, NZ agriculture ministers talk farm produce improvements

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong asked for New Zealand (NZ)’s support in improving the value of farm produce during a meeting with NZ Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor in Hanoi on August 29.

 

Source: VNA