The event aims to reach a consensus on the Vietnam-Japan cooperative programme on developing Vietnam’s agricultural sector in a comprehensive manner in the long and medium term as well as devising concrete actions for the 2015-2019 period.
Addressing the conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat extended thanks for the Japanese Government’s active support in developing Vietnam’s agricultural sector in recent times through technical support projects and research programmes.
Minister Phat emphasized that agricultural cooperation with Japan is of great significance for Vietnam which has nearly 70% of population earning their livelihoods from agricultural production.In the future, the two sides agreed to cooperate in science and technology, the application of new technologies in agricultural production, biology, processing and post-harvest preservation, especially in improving the value chain on food production
Source: Hanoitimes.