HANOI: The cultivation sector aims to gross over 21 billion USD in export turnover in 2018, representing a year-on-year rise of 2.2-2.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Localities will continues shifting their plant structure to grow more profitable crops adaptive to climate change such as corns, vegetables and fruits and developing aquaculture, especially in the northern, south central, and Central Highlands regions.
The Mekong Delta, in particular, will boost the application of high technology to create new varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers as well as develop processing and post-harvest preservation technologies.
This year, the country aims to increase the fruit plant area to about 930,000 hectares and create high added value products. Each locality will develop large-scale fruit areas ensuring good agricultural practices (GAP) and food safety in addition to high-technology vegetable and flower production, focusing on major cities.
The agricultural industry will improve rice quality and reduce its production cost via intensive cultivation.
