Vietnamese shrimp exporters will face a number of challenges this year, including strong competitors from other countries and high production costs, experts have warned.
As one of the leading shrimp raisers in Viet Nam, where seafood products are a key export, Viet-Uc Group and AquaEasy have announced an official commercial partnership, applying AI technology in local shrimp ponds.
The NESCAFÉ brand has for the first time collaborated with DJ and music producer Hoàng Touliver and young female singer Mỹ Anh to release a special music album inspired by the sounds at NESCAFÉ farms.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US$116 million green loan for three wind farms in the central province of Quang Tri, aiming to increase Viet Nam’s wind power capacity by 30 per cent.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest trade pact, offers Vietnamese agricultural exporters an excellent opportunity to increase their participation in global value chains.
Many large pig breeding firms in the country have reported a surge in profits in the first months of the year thanks to high prices due to a supply shortage.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked pig breeding farms and households to reduce the price of live hog to VND70,000 (US$3) per kilo in order to stabilise the domestic market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fisheries sector in 2020 will focus on granting certification to brackish shrimp farms (tiger shrimp and white-leg shrimp), tra fish farms and aquaculture in cages.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on Thursday directed credit institutions to support their borrowers who raise pigs and are suffering losses due to African swine fever (ASF).
Shrimp farms in HCM City are forced to sell their products to traditional markets despite achieving VietGAP standards since they cannot meet local supermarkets’ commercial conditions.
Vinamilk, Viet Nam’s largest dairy producer, will splash out some VND4 trillion (US$171.3 million) to develop a 6,000-ha complex of hi-tech dairy farms in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho under a newly-inked agreement with Song Hau Farm Corporation.