In the morning of September 5, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) organized a Workshop on Proposal for Organic Agriculture Development Solutions in Vietnam.

Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam said that through the organic agriculture survey, it was available in all fields, such as cultivation, husbandry, aquaculture and forestry. Vietnam has the advantage of developing organic agriculture, but depending on the advantages of each region.

In order to have the orientation and objectives of developing organic production, product trade as well as solutions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drafting a draft project "Developing organic agriculture for the period of 2020-2030". The objective of the draft project is that by 2030 Vietnam strives to be among the world's top 15 in organic agriculture. It is expected that in the fourth quarter of 2019, the draft will be submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and promulgation.

According to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam, the solutions to implement the project will focus on solutions to support businesses, cooperatives and farmers to participate in developing organic agriculture. Along with that is the construction of a product distribution system nationwide to ensure the increasing domestic consumption demand as well as export orientation.