The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Partnerships for sustainable agriculture in Viet Nam (VSAV) organized Public-Private Task Force Meeting. Participants of the Meeting were representatives from Grow Asia, Embassies of Australia and Switzerland, Ho Chi Minh City, 22nd April 2016.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued the Decision No. 819/QD-BNN-KHCN dated 14th March 2016 on approving the Action Plan on response to climate change in agriculture and rural development in 2016-2020, vision to 2050.
Speaking at the Conference, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said that Viet Nam was facing with losses and damages beyond its resilience even after thoroughly applying the measures of climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas emission mitigation. Vice Minister affirmed that accessing to NAPs would be long-term solution of the developing countries as Viet Nam.
The 33rd session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC33) took place from 7-11th March 2016 in Pultrajaya, Malaysia. This Conference aimed to improve food security, respond to climate change and contribute to sustainably agricultural development. Present at the event are agriculture ministers, senior officers and experts from 46 countries across Asia and the Pacific. Vietnamese delegation was led by Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh.
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