Việt Nam’s exports of agricultural products are expected to face more challenges by the end of the year, so enterprises must follow market developments at home and abroad and improve the quality of their products, according to experts.
Vũ Tiến Lộc, chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of...
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and VPBank of Vietnam have extended US$50mn in commodity finance to Tan Long Group, a Vietnamese commodity trader.
The money will be used to diversify procurement of agri-commodities and is part of the IFC’s global warehouse finance programme (GWFP...
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A vice chairman of a Vietnamese province and the sister of Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister made a visit to Taiwan this week to attend forum on agriculture and the economy hosted by the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (TABF).
While at the June 25 "Agricultural Science,...
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The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact the structure of the world economy in the future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where the economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.
According to head of the Việt Nam Cashew...
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Farmer-to-farmer communication might be the best way to scale climate-smart agriculture.
During a one-day roving workshop, farmers from My Loi Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam demonstrated several climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to visiting local leaders,...
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Japan’s food exports rose 20% in April from a year earlier on strong demand for wagyu beef and fishery products, the government said.
Shipments of products such as agri-food, meat and seafood totaled 77.6 billion yen in April, 12.8 billion yen higher in the same month a year earlier,...
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The Japanese agriculture ministry said on June 15 that it has suspended tenders and sales of Canadian wheat indefinitely after the discovery of genetically modified wheat in the exporting country.
This is the first case Tokyo suspended wheat imports from Canada.
Canada is Japan’s No. 2...
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Japan has set up a target to halve household food waste to 2.15 million tons by 2030 from the fiscal 2000 level, the government said.
The environment ministry will work with municipalities to reduce household food waste, including campaigns to raise awareness among consumers.
The move is part of...