The Central Highlands city of Da Lat can make its vegetables and fruits far more competitive in the export market with better packaging, an expert said on Friday.

On the sidelines of the first Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) forum on sustainable food security held in HCM City earlier this month, Viet Nam News spoke to Professor Vo Tong Xuan, former rector of An Giang University

Porcupine raising businesses have thrived in HCM City as they are easy to mate and bring high profits, according to breeders in the city.

A decree intended to improve the flow of credit to farmers became effective yesterday.

An increasing number of farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hau Giang are earning large profits by breeding perch.

In a small commune in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hau Giang, fields of pineapples can be seen scattered among the thousands of rice paddies that blanket the area.

Enterprises investing in agriculture and rural areas will enjoy additional preferential policies on land use and human resources training, according to a new Government decree.

The World Bank will provide US$300,000 to the My Hoa Nam Roi Grapefruit Co-operative to expand the Nam Roi grapefruit cultivation area under the Global Good Agricultural Practices (Global GAP) standard.

The HCM City People's Committee has approved a plan to develop urban agriculture to 2020 with a vision to 2025, with the target of achieving average revenue of VND300 million (US$15,800) from one ha of farmland by 2020.

Viet Nam was wasting its huge bamboo resources, a conference in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat was told yesterday.