Vietnamand Namibia have signed agreements to boost their cooperation in diplomacy and agriculture. The deals were reached during Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s State visit to Vietnam from November 18-20, which was described by President Truong Tan Sang as a momentum to bring bilateral ties to a new period of development in a deep and result-oriented way.
During their talks on November 19 in Hanoi , President Sang and his Namibian counterpart agreed to continue speeding up joint agricultural projects with tri-party cooperation models by strengthening bilateral connectivity and calling for the engagement of the private sector in the work.
President Truong Tan Sang and Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba(VNA)
The leaders agreed to bolster exchanges of delegations at all levels, strengthen people-to-people contacts and accelerate the twinning of localities to further the mutual understanding of the two peoples.
Expressing their delight at the positive outcomes between the two countries over the past years, the two Presidents pledged that they will direct relevant ministries and sectors to build specific plans to foster cooperation across investment, trade, education and training, healthcare, tourism, and aviation transport services.
On this occasion, the Namibian leader officially announced his country’s recognition of Vietnam ’s full market economy regulations. He also invited President Truong Tan Sang to visit his country at a suitable time, which was accepted with pleasure.
Congratulating Namibia on the impressive development achievements, President Sang hailed the country’s positive contributions to peace, stability and cooperation in the South African Development Community and in the continent as a whole.
Vietnamwants to expand ties with African countries, including Namibia, an intimate friend that has supported Vietnam in its past struggle for national independence as well as its current national construction, President Sang confirmed.
He appreciated that Namibia recognises Vietnam ’s market economy regulations, saying that this is an important contribution to the sound traditional relationship, reflecting deep mutual trust and support.
During the talks, the two leaders also discussed regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Vietnam congratulated Namibia for winning a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 tenure. It committed to working closely with the country at international and regional forums and the South-South cooperation framework, contributing to building a more equal and democratic world for peace, stability, cooperation and development
At the International conference "Approaches to new rural development in Vietnam" recently held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Vietnam Science Association for Rural Development (PHANO), the delegates agreed that the results of three year implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development were not as good as expected due to lack of consensus on the scientific approaches and specific action plans and the policies should be improved to enhance the efficiency of the program.
The 35th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), the 13th ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF+3) and the 3rd ASEAN - India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry took place from September 26th to 28th, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
With the support of FAO, PPP Working GroupandISG, the International Cooperation Department has carried out activities aimed at raising awareness of key ministerial staff anddevelopingPPP policy in agriculture.The first workshopon"The role of the state in promoting Public Private Partnership in agricultural sector- International Experiences",...
The launching event of FAO Country Programming Framework was held on 14th October 2013 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MARD, chaired by Madame Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Vice Minister of MARD and Mr. JongHa Bae, FAO Representative in Vietnam.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed the Decision No. 1957/QD-BNN-TCCB dated August 23th 2013 on the assignment of Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh to hold concurrently as the Chairman of the Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Deputy Director of the National Program on High Technology Development through 2020 according to Decision No. 1941/QD-BNN-TCCB dated August 22th 2013.
The Prime Minister has signed Decision No. 1698/QD-TTg dated September 20th 2013 on the transfer and appointment of Mr. Tran Thanh Nam, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Kien Giang province, served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
As reported, from September 15th to 20th 2013, State President Truong Tan Sang and his wife together with the high-level delegation of Vietnam successfully completed an official state visit to Hungary and the Kingdom of Denmark at the invitation of Hungarian President Janos Ader and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
On September 27th 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference on "The implementation of the agricultural restructuring scheme" to guide the provinces through the implementation of the scheme and adopt the Decision on the establishment of Restructuring Steering Committee of the agriculture and rural development sector, with Minister Cao Duc Phat as the head,
To celebrate 40 years of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations, the Organizing Committee of Japan - Vietnam Friendship Year and JICA co-hosted the workshop "Vietnam - Japan disaster prevention cooperation" with the topic: The disaster prevention measures in Japan based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and JICA's cooperation in disaster prevention in Vietnam, on September 29th 2013 at Melia Hotel, Hanoi.
On August 29th 2013, the Government issued Resolution No. 103/NQ-CP on directions of efficiency improvement in attraction, use and management of foreign direct investment in the coming time, with many significant solutions.
With the permission of the Prime Minister, from August 5th to 8th 2013, Minister Cao Duc Phat had an official visit and attended the annual meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos in two border provinces of Kham Muon and Savannakhet.The purpose of the meeting is to review the cooperation situation of 2012 - 2013 and arrange cooperation activities in 2014.
On July 15th 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Decision 1066/QD-TTg dated July 8th 2013 of the Prime Minister on the appointment of Mr. Le Quoc Doanh as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development .
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Cao Duc Phat expressed his confidence in the competence and practical experiences of Mr. Le Quoc Doanh to coordinate with the ministerial leaders to effectively manage and conduct the agriculture and rural development sector.
To enhance mobilization, exploitation and efficiency of aids from foreign non-governmental organizations, contributing to poverty reduction and socioeconomic development in Vietnam, on July 10th 2013 , the Prime Minister issued the National program to promote raising of foreign non-governmental aids during 2013 - 2017 period together with Decision No. 40/2013/QD-TTg.
On July 1st, 2013, the Prime Minister signed Decision 1043/QD-TTg approving the industrialization strategy of Vietnam in the framework of Vietnam - Japan cooperation toward 2020, vision to 2030.
In the framework of the South - South cooperation, the delegation of Chad led by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Dr. Dangde Laobele Damaye visited Vietnam and worked from 28/05/2013 – 03/06/2013 in Hanoi. This working visit lies within the framework of the trilateral cooperation program signed in 2010 and implemented in 2011 and 2012.
On May 30th 2013in Hanoi, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended and delivered the opening speech of the 2nd Ministerial Conference of the parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (COP2).
The 8th meeting of the Vietnam-Iran Joint Committee on Economics and Trade was a good opportunity to enhance the cooperation between two sides in economics, trade, culture and society.
At the reception, Sang highly valued Iran’s remarkable socio-economic development, and stressed that both sides need to seek ways to further tap their potential in economics, trade, culture and society
In the morning of 24th May 2013, Vice Minister of MARD, H.E Ha Cong Tuan and Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E Kimmo Lähdevirta signed the agreement between GoV and the Government of Finland on ODA support for FORMIS 2nd phase.
On 14 May, International Support Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (ISG-MARD) organized the Forum on “Donors Coordination for New Rural Development in Viet Nam” in Ha Noi. There were nearly 100 participants, including multilateral and bilateral donors, international organizations and representatives from the MARD departments and research institutes, associations and the media.
During nearly 40 years of Viet Nam – Japan cooperation, Viet Nam's agricultural sector has received huge support from the Government of Japan with more than 30 technical projects and non-refundable aid with $150 million emergency support; four major loan projects in the field of irrigation and forestry with total loan of nearly $ 500 million.
The second phase of Vietnam’s society resilient against disasters project was launched on April 23 with the signing of an agreement between MARD, MONRE and several Vietnamese provinces and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The program target for the 2012 – 2015 is to reduce 4% per year the poverty rate in specially difficult communes, border communes, safety zone communes, specially difficult villages. Particularly, the income per capita in these communes is aimed to reach 50% of the common average income in rural area of the country by 2015; 95% of the commune town centers and over 60% of the villages have electricity; small irrigation project meet 50% of demand for annual irrigation; 50% of the Commune Healthcares are standardized ...
As part of the round table conference on the establishment of the Vietnam – Netherlands Cooperation Forum held on 27 March, Vietnam and Netherlands inked a deal on cooperation in the field of fruit and vegetables on 28 March, marking a new chapter in agricultural cooperation between the two countries.
In the talk with the delegation from the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food on January 30th 2013, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, H.E Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu and Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, H.E Tzventa Vassilev Dimitrov...
In 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development prepared the draft and legal procedures to sign several bilateral/multilateral cooperation documents, treaties, and international organizations with a total value of more than $1 billion.
In an effort to move forward with the South-South Cooperation Programme with the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and with financial support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
The Addendum for the Agreement of the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector Program Support (ARD-SPS) 2007-2012 is the legislation base for this program to extend in another 1 year to continue its activities in order to reach the planed program’s objectives.
Vietnam and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to preserve and protect biological diversity, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at a press conference in Hanoi on December 10.
On 4th December 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and International Cooperation Department, via the International Support Group (ISG) hold the ISG Plenary Meeting 2012 with the theme: Vietnam’s Agriculture Restructure: Sustainability and Added Value.
The regional linking approach to encourage investment in fisheries in Mekong River Delta is responded positively. The link will take full advantage of all local strengths and potential in the region while at the same time, create the overall strength for comprehensive development of the fisheries sector in the Mekong Delta.
The FARMD Annual Conference 2012 entitled "Risk and rice in Asia" hold by the collaboration of FARMD and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on 17 October 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City. In this conference, many speakers agreed that priority should be given to public investment for farmers in order to ensure food security.
The 34th Meeting of Asean Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and the 12th Meeting of Asean Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry + 3 (AMAF+3) was held on 24-29 September 2012 in Vientiane, Laos PDR.
On 25th September 2012, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 1397/QD-TTg approving the Mekong River Delta Irrigation Plan in 2012-2020 and Orientation to 2050 in terms of climate change and sea level rise.
This is the content of the Decision No. 1393/QD-TTg dated 25/09/2012 by the Prime Minister approving the national strategy for Green Growth.
Specifically, in order to restructure and improve economic institutions towards a green economy on existing sectors and to encourage the economic development of efficient use of high added value energy and natural resources
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be teaming up with the Department of Animal Health, Public health and education agencies in Vietnam to celebrate World Rabies Day Initiative (WRD) in Thai Nguyen province.
The second global conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (AFC) wrapped up in Hanoi on September 7 with a communique underscoring the importance of food security.
Food security has been and will be a critical issue for the international community, the document said, adding that food security, poverty, climate change and sustainable development are inseparable.
On September 6th, the Second Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change(AFC) officially opened in Hanoi. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended and presented a speech at the conference.
More than 500 delegates attended the 2nd global conference on agriculture, food security and climate change in Hanoi on Monday. The event was organized by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Dutch Government, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank.
Several urgent policies have been approved to support livestock production and aquaculture in Document No. 1149/TTg-KTN dated 8 August 2012 such as increasing the time limit of debt up to 24 months and reducing interest rate for borrowed fund; allowing for new loan with the lowest interest rate (11%) for households, farms, cooperatives and private sector to improve livestock and catfish production for export.
Emergency Centre for Trans-boundary Animal Disease Operations (ECTAD) in Vietnam, which is under the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supervision said that animal health experts will finalize the regional control plan to progressively eliminate avian influenza in Vietnam.
The International Cooperation Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (ICD-MARD), through the International Support Group, (ISG-MARD), in collaboration with the Embassy of State of Israel, FAO, North Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank and TH Group Corporation has organized this Policy Dialogue Forum.
Proposal on “restructuring the agricultural sector towards greater added value and sustainable development” is developed by MARD towards sustainable development orientation.
During the talks, both sides agreed to boost cooperation in agriculture, irrigation and forestry. Mr. Diep Kinh Tan, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said Vietnam was willing to send agricultural experts to Namibia to help it gradually meet the food demand and become a food exporter as well as exchange and train agricutural technicians and plant rubber trees.
On 07 June 2012, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 671/QD-TTg issuing the Implementation Plan of Resolution No. 470/2012/NQ-UBTVQH13 dated 27 February 2012 of the Standing Committee Congress on the results of monitoring the policies and legislation implementation on development of economic zones and border economic zones.
This is one part specified in Decision No. 695/QD-TTg dated 08 June 2012 of the Prime Minister on changing the principle of capital support mechanism to implement the national target program on New Rural Development from 2010 to 2020.
The International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (ICD/MARD) via the International Support Group (ISG), in collaboration with the Food Agricultural Products Quality Development Control Project (Funded by CIDA) which is under the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department supervision, has organized the 2012 Annual Forum on Food Safety issues entitled “Development of safe food supply chain model”.
From 11 to 16 June 2012, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has organized the 9th ASEAN Summit and the 5th Meeting of ASEAN +3 on rural development and poverty eradication, The Meeting Subject is to "Attain the target of rural development and poverty eradication through the improvement of food security, livelihoods and adaptation towards climate change in the ASEAN region."
In order to synchronize with the Law on public debt management, the proposal on “Directions for attraction, management and utilization of ODA capital and other preferable loans from donors 2011 – 2015” which was promulgated along with the Decision No 106/QĐ-TTg dated19/01/2012 from the Prime Minister, and the Gov’s Decree on “Management and utilization of the ODA and other preferable loans from donors” will be the replacement for the Decree No 131/2006/ND-CP.
By receiving the invitation from the Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister Cao Duc Phat in company with delegation of Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had a visit and a working trip to Israel in 15-16May 2012.
By authorizing by the two Governments, on 15 May 2012, the Vietnamese delegation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development leaded by the Minister Cao Duc Phat and the Israeli delegation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development leaded by the Minister/Madam Orit Noked had a talk and a signing ceremony for the official agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of Israel on the Cooperation on Veterinary and Animal Quarantine.
Mrs. Atsuko Toda, Country Manager of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) in Vietnam, from January 2004 has completed her (over) 8 years tenure working in Vietnam, contributing and coordinating the IFAD- Vietnam cooperation program. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD), the Institute for Policy and Science for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), and the IFAD’s project provinces have organized farewell ceremonies to her.
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At the International conference "Approaches to new rural development in Vietnam" recently held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Vietnam Science Association for Rural Development (PHANO), the delegates agreed that the results of three year implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development were not as good as expected due to lack of consensus on the scientific approaches and specific action plans and the policies should be improved to enhance the efficiency of the program.
The 35th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), the 13th ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF+3) and the 3rd ASEAN - India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry took place from September 26th to 28th, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The launching event of FAO Country Programming Framework was 
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed the Decision No. 1957/QD-BNN-TCCB dated August 23th 2013 on the assignment of Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh to hold concurrently as the Chairman of the Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Deputy Director of the National Program on High Technology Development through 2020 according to Decision No. 1941/QD-BNN-TCCB dated August 22th 2013.
The Prime Minister has signed Decision No. 1698/QD-TTg dated September 20th 2013 on the transfer and appointment of Mr. Tran Thanh Nam, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Kien Giang province, served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
As reported, from September 15
To celebrate 40 years of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations, the Organizing Committee of Japan - Vietnam Friendship Year and JICA co-hosted the workshop "Vietnam - Japan disaster prevention cooperation" with the topic: The disaster prevention measures in Japan based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and JICA's cooperation in disaster prevention in Vietnam, on September 29th 2013 at Melia Hotel, Hanoi. 
On August 29th 2013, the Government issued Resolution No. 103/NQ-CP on directions of efficiency improvement in attraction, use and management of foreign direct investment in the coming time, with many significant solutions.
With the permission of the Prime Minister, from August 5th to 8th 2013, Minister Cao Duc Phat had an official visit and attended the annual meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos in two border provinces of Kham Muon and Savannakhet.The purpose of the meeting is to review the cooperation situation of 2012 - 2013 and arrange cooperation activities in 2014.
In the framework of the South - South cooperation, the delegation of Chad led by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Dr. Dangde Laobele Damaye visited Vietnam and worked from 28/05/2013 – 03/06/2013 in Hanoi. This working visit lies within the framework of the trilateral cooperation program signed in 2010 and implemented in 2011 and 2012.
On May 30th 2013in Hanoi, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended and delivered the opening speech of the 2nd Ministerial Conference of the parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (COP2).
The 8th meeting of the Vietnam-Iran Joint Committee on Economics and Trade was a good opportunity to enhance the cooperation between two sides in economics, trade, culture and society.
On 14 May, International Support Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, (ISG-MARD) organized the Forum on “Donors Coordination for New Rural Development in Viet Nam” in Ha Noi. There were nearly 100 participants, including multilateral and bilateral donors, international organizations and representatives from the MARD departments and research institutes, associations and the media.
he second phase of Vietnam’s society resilient against disasters project was launched on April 23 with the signing of an agreement between MARD, MONRE and several Vietnamese provinces and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The program target for the 2012 – 2015 is to reduce 4% per year the poverty rate in specially difficult communes, border communes, safety zone communes, specially difficult villages. Particularly, the income per capita in these communes is aimed to reach 50% of the common average income in rural area of the country by 2015; 95% of the commune town centers and over 60% of the villages have electricity; small irrigation project meet 50% of demand for annual irrigation; 50% of the Commune Healthcares are standardized ...
As part of the round table conference on the establishment of the Vietnam – Netherlands Cooperation Forum held on 27 March, Vietnam and Netherlands inked a deal on cooperation in the field of fruit and vegetables on 28 March, marking a new chapter in agricultural cooperation between the two countries.
In the talk with the delegation from the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food on January 30th 2013, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, H.E Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu and Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, H.E Tzventa Vassilev Dimitrov...
In 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development prepared the draft and legal procedures to sign several bilateral/multilateral cooperation documents, treaties, and international organizations with a total value of more than $1 billion.
In an effort to move forward with the South-South Cooperation Programme with the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and with financial support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
Vietnam and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to preserve and protect biological diversity, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at a press conference in Hanoi on December 10.
On 4th December 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and International Cooperation Department, via the International Support Group (ISG) hold the ISG Plenary Meeting 2012 with the theme: Vietnam’s Agriculture Restructure: Sustainability and Added Value.
The regional linking approach to encourage investment in fisheries in Mekong River Delta is responded positively. The link will take full advantage of all local strengths and potential in the region while at the same time, create the overall strength for comprehensive development of the fisheries sector in the Mekong Delta.
The FARMD Annual Conference 2012 entitled "Risk and rice in Asia" hold by the collaboration of FARMD and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on 17 October 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City. In this conference, many speakers agreed that priority should be given to public investment for farmers in order to ensure food security.
The 34th Meeting of Asean Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and the 12th Meeting of Asean Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry + 3 (AMAF+3) was held on 24-29 September 2012 in Vientiane, Laos PDR.
On 25th September 2012, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 1397/QD-TTg approving the Mekong River Delta Irrigation Plan in 2012-2020 and Orientation to 2050 in terms of climate change and sea level rise.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be teaming up with the Department of Animal Health, Public health and education agencies in Vietnam to celebrate World Rabies Day Initiative (WRD) in Thai Nguyen province.
The second global conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (AFC) wrapped up in Hanoi on September 7 with a communique underscoring the importance of food security.
On September 6th, the Second Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change(AFC) officially opened in Hanoi. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended and presented a speech at the conference.
More than 500 delegates attended the 2nd global conference on agriculture, food security and climate change in Hanoi on Monday. The event was organized by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Dutch Government, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank. 
Several urgent policies have been approved to support livestock production and aquaculture in Document No. 1149/TTg-KTN dated 8 August 2012 such as increasing the time limit of debt up to 24 months and reducing interest rate for borrowed fund; allowing for new loan with the lowe
Emergency Centre for Trans-boundary Animal Disease Operations (ECTAD) in Vietnam, which is under the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supervision said that animal health experts will finalize the regional control plan to progressively eliminate avian influenza in Vietnam.
The International Cooperation Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (ICD-MARD), through the International Support Group, (ISG-MARD), in collaboration with the Embassy of State of Israel, FAO, North Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank and TH Group Corporation has organized this Policy Dialogue Forum.
Proposal on “restructuring the agricultural sector towards greater added value and sustainable development” is developed by MARD towards sustainable development orientation.
On 07 June 2012, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 671/QD-TTg issuing the Implementation Plan of Resolution No. 470/2012/NQ-UBTVQH13 dated 27 February 2012 of the Standing Committee Congress on the results of monitoring the policies and legislation implementation on development of economic zones and border economic zones.
This is one part specified in Decision No. 695/QD-TTg dated 08 June 2012 of the Prime Minister on changing the principle of capital support mechanism to implement the national target program on New Rural Development from 2010 to 2020.
The International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (ICD/MARD) via the International Support Group (ISG), in collaboration with the Food Agricultural Products Quality Development Control Project (Funded by CIDA) which is under the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department supervision, has organized the 2012 Annual Forum on Food Safety issues entitled “
From 11 to 16 June 2012, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has organized the 9th ASEAN Summit and the 5th Meeting of ASEAN +3 on rural development and poverty eradication, The Meeting Subject is to "Attain the target of rural development and poverty eradication through the improvement of food security, livelihoods and adaptation towards climate change in the ASEAN region."
In order to synchronize with the Law on public debt management, the proposal on “Directions for attraction, management and utilization of ODA capital and other preferable loans from donors 2011 – 2015” which was promulgated along with the Decision No 106/QĐ-TTg dated19/01/2012 from the Prime Minister, and the Gov’s Decree on “Management and utilization of the ODA and other preferable loans from donors” will be the replacement for the Decree No 131/2006/ND-CP.
By receiving the invitation from the Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister Cao Duc Phat in company with delegation of Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had a visit and a working trip to Israel in 15-16May 2012.
Mrs. Atsuko Toda, Country Manager of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) in Vietnam, from January 2004 has completed her (over) 8 years tenure working in Vietnam, contributing and coordinating the IFAD- Vietnam cooperation program. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD), the Institute for Policy and Science for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), and the IFAD’s project provinces have organized farewell ceremonies to her.