VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that Vietnam should focus on producing high-quality rice instead of striving to earn money from selling low-cost rice products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to hold more unscheduled inspections of food hygiene and safety in food production and trading this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dry season in 2017 is expected to be less severe than in 2016, but Mekong Delta will still face a lack of fresh water and saline intrusion, scientists say.

VietNamnet Bridge - In the last 30 years, Vietnam has been trying to produce as much rice as possible but has not focused on improving quality.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued regulations to tighten the import of antibiotics to prevent misuse of the substances in breeding of sea animals.

With new approaches and diversified investments, private investors have been infusing a new spirit of innovation into Vietnam’s agriculture, adding value and sustainable growth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is expected to export its first consignments of chicken to demanding markets such as the EU and Japan in 2017, the year of the Rooster.

After Doan Nguyen Duc, owner of a powerful real estate group, and Tran Dinh Long, owner of a steel corporation, decided to pour money into agriculture projects, a number of other billionaires did the same. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Due to lax management over waste discharge, many agricultural areas in suburbs and industrial zone neighborhoods are becoming ‘dead land’. 

VietNamNet Bridge - As the shortage of clean water for irrigation has become serious, local authorities are trying every possible way to bring clean water to fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - Here are six outstanding events of Vietnam’s agriculture in 2016

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs to import 16,000 Australian cows to satisfy the high demand of the domestic market. There is no other supply source bigger and more competitive to replace Australia.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of Japanese investors who want to develop agriculture and fishery projects in Vietnam is on the rise as more Vietnamese favor Japanese food items. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Agricultural Environment Institute estimates that the volume of fertilizer unnecessarily used in agricultural production in Mekong Delta is around 140,000 tons a year.

The area for organic farming makes up only 0.2 percent of total agricultural production, but the figure is expected to increase rapidly as more investors are considering developing organic farming projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese agencies have confirmed that rice export consignments rejected by the US are not toxic or unsafe.

A new farm produce preservation technology has been invented by scientists from the Hanoi University of Technology. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of enterprises investing in agriculture remains modest, though the field is considered a national advantage, according to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Duc Hinh, Chief of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariate, spoke to the newspaper Customs on how the ministry is implementing the national administrative reform.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hydropower plants along the Kon River have not helped to improve the area's economy as expected but instead have caused environmental damage.