The agriculture ministry seeks to turn Vietnam into one of world's top 15 organic farming countries by 2030, and has its sights on the EU market given trade deals.
Vietnam exported about 4.54 million tonnes of rice worth nearly US$2 billion in the first eight months of this year, up 0.3% in volume but down 14.9% in value from a year earlier, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade).
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– The organic agriculture production has several advantages of product high
selling price, safe products, environmental protection that is good for
community health with wide range of customer. It is an inevitable trend of
cultivation to achieve the actual target of sustainable farming development.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong had a meeting with Australian Senator and Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie in Hanoi on August 29, where they discussed measures to boost agricultural cooperation.
