There is a rising wave of converting rubber plantations into industrial land as developers eye spots for industrial zones to capture opportunities from global value chains.
Viet Nam’s rubber plantations need to obtain sustainable management certifications in order to raise product value and enter global markets, participants said at a workshop held in HCM City on Monday.
A delegation of Russia’s Rostec Corporation worked with authorities in the southern province of Binh Duong on Wednesday to prepare for the operations of the Viet Nam-Russia Rubber Joint Venture Company (Visorubtex).
The use of rubber plantations as an engine of growth and poverty
alleviation in the nation''s northern region needs to be weighed against
the environmental and economic risks involved, experts say.