Vietnam will further promote cooperation with Japan in the field of high-tech agricultural development, according to an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
To attract Japanese investors into the agricultural sector, especially high-tech agriculture, the ministry is reviewing and building the Medium and Long-term Vision for Vietnam - Japan Agricultural Cooperation for the phase of 2025-2028, supplementing two new fields of developing green and sustainable agriculture with the application of advanced technologies, and vocational training in the agricultural sector, said Nguyễn Đỗ Anh Tuấn, director of MARD's Department of International Cooperation.
"Vietnam's enterprises must have qualified human resources and business plans meeting green and sustainability standards of foreign investors, including Japanese investors. In addition, Vietnam will continue to call on Japanese enterprises to pool investment into farming value chains such as rice, fruit, vegetable, and seafood value chains."
Besides that, Vietnam needs to attract capital from Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to upgrade the quality management system, animal and plant quarantine system, and food safety control system, thereby meeting international standards as well as Japanese standards. The two countries have recently promoted cooperation in developing Vietnam's agriculture. Japan has provided ODA to Vietnam in the agricultural sector for over US$1 billion in total.
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