The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) signed a US$13mn loan to finance the construction and operation of a composting plant and waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Binh Duong province in Vietnam
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised an inception workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia where it proceeded with signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), along with a letter of intent to collaborate with the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Instrument Standardisation (IAAIS) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing a US$32.5mn loan to Agrocorp International Pte Ltd to improve food security in Bangladesh
The Dutch Royal De Heus Group and the Vietnamese Hung Nhon Group signed an MoU establishing a strategic partnership to set up a number of agricultural projects
A series of initiatives have been designed to promote sustainable agriculture emphasising emissions reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation, most of which can be applied in Vietnam. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
On 28 November, the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) along with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) co-hosted a forum dubbed ‘Research and innovation for enhanced environmental sustainability, low-emission agriculture, climate change adaptation and mitigation’ at Pan Pacific Hotel in Hanoi
