Agriculture

Along with Doveco, Masan, and Viet Uc, many other small- and medium-sized enterprises have been applying technologies in their farms. With vegetable farms covering over 1,000ha in the northern provinces of Ninh Binh and Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi’s Me Linh district, Vietnam Agricultural Products Ltd., Co has also applied modern technology in its farming activities. “Our farms use automated systems for watering and fertilising. Accordingly, the censors will kick off the systems to ensure humidity and nutrition for plants,” Tran Thi Thu Hang, director of the company, told VIR. … [Read more...] about High-tech contribution to agriculture

The current virus pandemic, along with other issues such as African swine fever and H1N1 avian flu, with devastating effects on the whole economy in general and agriculture in particular, has shown the urgency of technology application in agricultural production. In addition, drought and climate change here are also factors that compel businesses and workers to apply technology to reduce the negative impacts of natural factors, ensure productivity and quality of agricultural products, and turn into deep processing to lengthen the expiry date of products. … [Read more...] about Levelling up agriculture through modern tech and linking farming communities

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s agriculture sector gained a trade surplus of nearly 2.9 billion USD in the first quarter of 2020, up 48.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. During the three-month period, the sector achieved a total trade value of approximately 15.2 billion USD from horticultural, forestry and aquatic products, with exports worth 9.06 billion USD, equal to the same period last year; and imports of about 6.2 billion USD, down 13.2 percent. Exports of key horticultural products declined 3.1 percent year-on-year to 4.2 billion USD. A similar trend was witnessed in exports of main forestry products (2.8 billion USD, down 16.13 percent), aquatic products (1.5 billion USD, 14 percent) and livestock products (109 million USD, 21.8 percent). However, several items maintained growth, including rice, cassava, and wood and timber products. The country exported 1.7 million tonnes of rice from January – March for … [Read more...] about QI agriculture posts nearly 49 percent growth in trade surplus

In the first quarter, the total trade value of agricultural, forestry and fishery products was estimated at nearly $15.2 billion. Export value reached about $9.1 billion, the same figure in the first quarter of 2019 while import value decreased by 13.2 per cent year on year to $6.1 billion. … [Read more...] about Agricultural sector gains trade surplus in Q1 despite COVID-19

Products to be displayed at the 2020 Growtech Vietnam will include machinery, equipment and technologies for farming, animal breeding and agricultural storage and processing, especially technologies and devices that alert against forest fires, floods and saltwater intrusion. … [Read more...] about Growtech Vietnam expo to feature advanced agricultural technologies