Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 16.46 billion USD in agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products during the first 11 months of 2024, soaring 52.8% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

After the devastating impacts of Typhoon Yagi, experts propose making agricultural insurance mandatory when obtaining bank loans, aiming to provide a lifeline to farmers facing catastrophic losses.

The recent storm caused an estimated VND2.5 trillion in damages to 23,595 hectares of aquaculture farms, with over 22,000 livestock and more than 3 million poultry dead. Despite these heavy losses, most farmers had no agricultural insurance coverage.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta will receive close to 1,000 billion VND ($40 million) from the carbon credit program tied to Vietnam's 1-million-hectare high-quality rice project, with funding support from the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility.

Sustainable rice farming models in Mekong Delta localities have delivered promising results, taking strides toward more eco-friendly and profitable agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Thirty-nine Vietnamese agriculture trainees on August 29 attended a ceremony marking their graduation from a refresher course of Israel’s Agrostudies international training centre in Kfar Silver village.

Vietnamese farmers mostly bury straw after harvesting, a habit that not only leads to loss of revenue but an increase in CO2 emissions.

The EUDR mandates that products placed on or exported from the EU market must be traceable, deforestation-free and produced legally.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has affirmed his confidence that Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports can reach the revenue target of 55-56 billion USD this year.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued urgent directives to 11 provinces in Vietnam to combat a large-scale pest invasion threatening agricultural crops.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued urgent directives to 11 provinces in Vietnam to combat a large-scale pest invasion threatening agricultural crops.

The Mekong Delta is witnessing a continuous digital transformation revolution in agriculture, unfolding every day and every hour.

Vietnam is set to revise its existing Law on Value-Added Tax with a reclassification of products in areas like agriculture and fisheries, with the hopes of making them more favourable in performance.

The rice-shrimp farming model brings turnover of up to VND1 billion per hectare per year, according to Minh Phu, known as Shrimp King.

Vietnam has great potential to develop maritime farming. The problem is whether localities are determined to do it, according to Tran Dinh Luan, director of the Department of Fisheries.

Experts have advocated for deep processing to enhance competitiveness and create higher-value products.

Effective branding is highly recommended to improve the competitiveness and popularity of Vietnamese farm produce, according to business insiders.

China was the only market that witnessed positive growth in Vietnam’s farm exports in 2023, while negative growth rates were reported for all other key markets.

Local people all have experience in farming, but what’s crucial is to have someone organise the production. In the past, most households worked individually, relying simply on their personal strength.