Incense-making in Bình Chánh District’s Lê Minh Xuân village, which is one of several craft villages designated for more investment by HCM City for its One Commune One Product Programme. – Photo kinhtenongthon.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City will invest in six agricultural products and six craft villages under the One Commune One Product Programme in which each rural commune or district will develop its own specialty. The six products are vegetables, flowers, dairy cows, pigs, brackish water shrimp and ornamental fish. The six villages include Thái Mỹ bamboo basket craft village, Phú Hoà Đông rice paper village, Tân Thông Hội bamboo curtain village in Củ Chi District; Hóc Môn District’s Xuân Thới Sơn bamboo basket village, Bình Chánh District’s Lê Minh Xuân incense-making village and Cần Giờ District’s … [Read more...] about City to invest in agriculture products
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Forum on agricultural product consumption to be held for first time
A honeydew melon farm of the 3T Plus Green Farm Co. Ltd in Lang Lon commune of Chau Duc district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A forum on agricultural production and consumption promotion will be held in Hanoi for the first time, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The forum will review Vietnam’s agricultural production, including farm produce processing and consumption, and discuss solutions to boost and expand the country’s farm produce market and raise Vietnamese agricultural products’ competitiveness, thereby attracting international organisations and businesses to invest in agriculture. It is also a chance for producers to connect with localities, professional associations, enterprises and investors in processing and consuming agricultural products. The forum will be held annually, Nguyen Quoc Toan, Acting Director of the ministry’s Department of Agro-product Processing and Market Development, … [Read more...] about Forum on agricultural product consumption to be held for first time
13 agricultural products could prove lucky for Vietnam
Shrimp is among 13 key agricultural products of Vietnam (Photo: congthuong.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has announced a list of 13 key agricultural products of Vietnam. The list includes rice, coffee, rubber, cashew nuts, pepper, tea, vegetables and fruit, cassava and cassava products, pork, meat and eggs, tra fish, shrimp, wood and wood products. MARD said that many countries had identified their key agricultural products in order to encourage their development, but so far there hadn’t been a unified set of indicators to identify key agricultural products among countries. Each country will select their key agricultural products based on their own natural and socio-economic conditions as well as their political and social security objectives. According to MARD, there are four main groups of criteria that most countries use to identify their key agricultural products, including economic criteria, social … [Read more...] about 13 agricultural products could prove lucky for Vietnam
HCM city announces key industrial and agricultural products
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong visiting a kiosk of major industrial products. (Photo: VGP) Accordingly, there are seven major industrial products, including products from prefabricated metal; electrical equipment; products made from plastic and rubber; processed food and beverages; electronic and information-technology products; and ready-made clothing; and one potential industrial product: pharmaceutical products. The groups of key agricultural products include cultivated crops such as vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants; key livestock such as dairy cows and pigs, and key aquatic products like brackish shrimp. General criteria to select enterprises with key industrial and agricultural products are making highly-competitive products which have strong potential in domestic market and for export; and significantly contributing to gross domestic product and economic development of the southern hub. Along with supporting policies, the … [Read more...] about HCM city announces key industrial and agricultural products
HCMC announces key industrial, agricultural products
HCMC announces key industrial, agricultural productsBy Le Anh Beverages and dairy products are put on display at a fair in HCMC in the file photo. The city’s government has issued a list of key industrial and agricultural products – PHOTO: LE ANH HCMC - The government of HCMC recently issued a list of key industrial and agricultural products that will receive support for their continued growth and domination of the local market, as well as being promoted for exports. Regarding the industrial sector, seven groups of key products are listed in the fields of electricity, plastics and rubber, food and beverages, electronics and technology, alongside one potential product group in pharmaceutical chemistry. The introduced products must have high competitiveness and enormous potential for local consumption as well as for exports and are expected to contribute substantially to the gross domestic product and the city’s economic development. The key industrial goods … [Read more...] about HCMC announces key industrial, agricultural products