Vietnam exported its first 500 tonnes of low-emission rice to Japan on June 5, marking the international debut of rice grown under the one-million-hectare low-emission, high-quality rice project in the Mekong Delta.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a delegation of National Assembly deputies of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 16 met with local voters who are officials, business owners, members of the Farmers' Association, representatives of agricultural production and business cooperatives.
A pilot model of high-quality, low-emission rice production was launched in Thanh An commune, Vinh Thanh district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 5, marking the start of a project on sustainably growing one million hectares of high-quality, low-carbon rice in the Mekong Delta by 2030.
The significant socio-economic-cultural accomplishments that the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City gained in 2017 will create a firm foundation for its stronger development in 2018 and the following years.
Reorganising production and producing high-quality rice with retraceable origins will increase Vietnamese rice’s value on the international market amid fierce competition from foreign products, experts have suggested.
