Festival celebrates cashews

The first Golden Cashew Festival this March would seek to entrench Viet Nam's position as the world's largest exporter and further popularise its produce in international markets, organisers said at a press conference yesterday, February 4.

Food prices rise as Tet looms

With the Tet shopping season approaching, the prices of many items have risen in traditional markets in major cities.

Agro-forestry export value up 29 percent

Vietnam’s agricultural and forestry exports reached a value of 3.7 billion USD in the first five months of this year, 29 percent higher than the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Tapping market’s rich potential

Vietnam’s ambassador to Russia Bui Dinh Dinh speak with VIR’s Chau Ba about prospects for trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Ministry promotes exports with tax and capital incentives

Tax and capital incentives would be offered to agro-forestry and sea food enterprises to promote their production and export during the global economic recession, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

Ministry aims to support farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is drafting a package of measures to eliminate the volatility in agricultural prices and enable farmers to get reasonable profits, a ministry official said.

Getting more difficult to export goods to China

Vietnamese goods on their way to China have continuously gotten stuck over the last one month. Businessmen say that trade with China across the border has become more difficult than ever.