In 2023, the agricultural sector will promote negotiation to open more foreign markets for local farming commodities, according Hoang Trung, director of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Agriculture
New partnerships formed to produce premium-quality for rice farms
Save Planet Agro-Economy Development Association, the Community Rice Centre Association of Thailand, the Agriculturist Association and the Thai Rice Mills Association have partnered to promote the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) model in rice farms across 10 provinces, covering about 50,000 rai of paddy fields, with the aim of getting them to produce premium-quality rice
MARD to continue promoting measures to attract investment in agriculture
On 28 December 2022, Nguyễn Trường Thắng, deputy head of the The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARDs) Enterprise Management Department spoke at a forum on enterprises in the development of agriculture and rural areas held in Hà Nội, confirming that the ministry would continue to implement solutions to innovate the mechanism to support businesses in expanding markets
Jinping calls for efforts to accelerate China's agricultural resilience at annual rural work conference
During the annual rural work conference held from 23-24 December 2022, Xi Jinping, Chinese President, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission called for efforts to enhance agricultural strength as part of the CPCs plans to push China into becoming a great modern socialist country
RCEP and CCFTA agreement add momentum to Cambodia's agriculture development
In a report by Xinhua, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dith Tina, on 26 December stated that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) had added momentum to Cambodian agriculture development