The rankings reflect a major shift in the sector: technology is no longer about showcasing sophisticated equipment, but about cutting costs, boosting productivity and generating real returns.
The EU is an important export market for Việt Nam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery products, offering significant advantages under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
The project will use modern processing technology to improve the quality of export rice while making use of rice husks, a major by-product of milling, as biomass fuel.
Exports reached an estimated $56.3 billion in the first nine months, up 7.8 per cent from a year earlier, while the sector recorded a trade surplus of $16.9 billion, up 7.4 per cent, the ministry said.
Exports reached $49.3 billion in the first eight months of the year, up 7 per cent from a year earlier, leaving the sector with about $24.9 billion to achieve in the remaining four months, or an average of $6.23 billion...
The city encourages businesses to research and apply post-harvest technologies and deep-processing solutions to make better use of by-products and increase the value of agricultural products.
The scheme aims to establish raw material areas managed through unified data on acreage, producers, seasons, output, quality, growing area codes and production-consumption linkages.
Business representatives said mechanisation not only helps reduce reliance on manual labour but also improves production efficiency, shortens planting and harvesting times, reduces post-harvest losses and enhances the quality of agricultural products. For rice-producing countries like Việt Nam, they noted,...
Officials from Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh and Hưng Yên are pushing for stronger regional cooperation to build integrated agricultural value chains, attract investment and accelerate the transition to smart, green agriculture, while addressing longstanding bottlenecks in infrastructure, logistics and standards.
The seminar was organised on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Israel, aiming to promote cooperation in modern agriculture.
Administrative and regulatory hurdles, particularly those arising from Decree No. 38/2026 on planting area and packing facility codes, continued to hamper exports.