Establishing a network of information for farmers would come at a time of great uncertainty and speculation for the nation’s economy.

Viet Nam is well on its way to becoming a major Asian producer of biogas from animal, vegetable and human waste.

The Quang Ngai provincial People’s Committee deputy chairman, Truong Ngoc Nhi, is trying to save the price of cassava for farmers unable to sell their crop to the fire-damaged Tinh Phong Cassava Processing Factory.

Local enterprises are starting to think green and recycle agricultural waste, holding onto those old cobs of corn, straw, rice husk and sawdust and turn them into profit.

Farmers need to have better access to information on the changing demands of markets, according to a forum held yesterday.

Viet Nam will carry out necessary solutions to ensure sustainable agricultural development, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, said at a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.

The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Lam Dong is planning to cut tens of thousands of hectares of natural pine forests throughout the province and replace them with high-value cash crops, according to the deputy director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Le Van Minh.

North-western provinces needed to fully exploit their potential to not only develop the agricultural sector, but to do it sustainably to improve the competitiveness of agricultural products, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong said in a conference of north-western agriculture development.

Almost two million farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing poverty with little land for agriculture, and no other means to support themselves.

Farmers in Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces are expanding their breeding ponds for whiteleg shrimp, as profits have risen dramatically.