Vietnam’s agricultural sector expects to surpass 2011’s export target of $23 billion since agricultural, forest items and seafood exports exceeded $10 billion in the year’s first five months. According to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) report, the agricultural export values leaped 41.5 per cent in the first five months of 2011 against [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported that the turnover of the country’s agro and fish exports have reached over US$10 billion, an increase of 41.5% compared to the same period last year. In the first five months of the year, agricultural products reached US$2.1 billion. Rice, coffee, rubber and aquatic products were [...]
Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk attended the third meeting of the Vietnam-US trade and investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in Washington DC on May 23. They were pleased to review the fine results of Vietnam-US cooperation in trade, investment, intellectual property, information technology, services, and [...]
Domestic agricultural producers must boost exports to help reduce the country’s trade deficit, said economist Pham Do Chi. Chi said if the sector did not increase production and foreign sales, the country’s trade deficit would reach US$15 billion this year. According to the General Statistics Office, in the first four months of this year, the [...]
Farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have profited in the last one month from a price increase in exports of agricultural products. Currently, bananas cost VND5, 000-8,000 per kilogram, an increase of VND2, 500 per kilogram compared to the end of 2010. Jackfruit and papaya prices have also increased. Jackfruit and papaya farmers can now [...]
Farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have profited in the last one month from a price increase in exports of agricultural products. Currently, bananas cost VND5, 000-8,000 per kilogram, an increase of VND2, 500 per kilogram compared to the end of 2010. Jackfruit and papaya prices have also increased. Jackfruit and papaya farmers can now [...]
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