Vietnam boasts advantages and potential in agricultural production and export, yet domestic firms need to do more to join the global food supply chain more intensively, insiders have said.
A working delegation from Singapore on July 12 visited agricultural farms in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to learn about food safety management policies, disease control and agricultural export certification process there.
Vietnam has recorded an estimated agro-forestry-fishery trade surplus of US$8.28 billion during the first half of 2024, surging 62.4 percent year on year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Coffee is one of the agricultural products with the highest export price during the past 5 months of this year, at US$3,482 /ton, up 49.9% over the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
