VietNamNet Bridge - Though thousands of water reservoirs have been found unsafe, it is impossible to upgrade all of them because of a lack of funds.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam can access the world’s most advanced technology for genetic resource conservation, but most of the operations are being carried out manually.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wood vinegar, or Pyroligneous acid, has long-term effects and no negative impact on the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of Vietnam’s precious rice varieties only exist in the national plant gene bank and yet to be used commercially. 

High-tech agriculture is a key direction for economic development. A credit package of US$4.4 million for high-tech and clean agriculture is considered a nudge for agricultural enterprises to expand production. 

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more investors have injected money into agriculture, even though the sector is believed to have many latent risks.

VietNamNet Bridge - VietNamNet Bridge - The government has promised to provide loans to support the development of hi-tech agriculture, but farmers say bank loans are still out of reach.

VietNamNet Bridge - With turnover of $375 million in May, fruit and vegetables were among the biggest export items for Vietnam, while imports of the same equalled $183 million. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The domestic pesticide market is worth up to $1 billion, but profits all go to foreign companies as 90 percent of products are imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Encouraged by the government’s promise to give support in land and capital, especially the VND100 trillion credit package announced in early 2017, many investors want to pour money into hi-tech agriculture. 

In 2013, MOIT decided to remove 400 small-scale hydropower projects out of the hydropower development program. But many projects were then carried out in the mountainous provinces of Ha Giang and Cao Bang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Injecting money into agricultural production has become popular among large conglomerates with powerful financial capability. Most of them are targeting organic agriculture projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s rice production is meeting difficulties because of two bottlenecks at the ends of the production chain, leading to a decline in market share. 

VietNamNet Bridge - China consumes 144,000 tons of pork a day, according to FAO, but Vietnamese farmers cant sell their pork to the country because of demands made by Chinese traders. 

In 2016, when agriculture suffered from drought, low production and low yield, which led to a negative growth rate, the lowest since 2011, experts said that Vietnam’s agriculture needed critical reform.

Expansion of land limits and accumulation of land for large-scale production are expected to be the foundation for the branding of farm produce.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average price for imported pork is now $1.2 per kilo, or VND27,000, while the domestic pork price has dropped dramatically to a 30-year low.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rice price in the Mekong Delta has increased in the last couple of weeks, which has resulted in higher export prices. 

The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that it will coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to inspect and strictly punish 

The government has decided to disburse VND100 trillion for farming projects to help develop hi-tech agriculture. It is the biggest-ever credit package given in the field.