Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Huong Nam expressed his delight at the two countries’ growing relations, especially in economy, with the Netherlands being the biggest European investor in Vietnam and also the largest European importer of goods from the Southeast Asian nation.

Chairman of the Lang Son People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu introduces his provice's agricultural products to Dutch partneres at the seminar in Rotterdam on October 16.

He also highlighted Dutch and Vietnamese businesses’ increasing attention to each other’s markets, noting that he hopes the seminar will pave the way for new strides of cooperation between Lang Son and Dutch partners.

Introducing his province’s potential and advantages, especially in agriculture, Chairman of the Lang Son People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu voiced his hope to boost connections to distribute local key agricultural and forestry products, particularly star anise and its essential oil, in the Netherlands and other European countries.

He also highlighted the willingness to listen to experiences in developing farm produce and spice production shared by Dutch partners, and called for investment in agricultural processing in Lang Son.

Henri de Haan, Chairman of the Royal Dutch Spice Association, presented his association’s functions and the regulations on imports, especially spices, into Europe.

Among the 27 European Union (EU) countries, the Netherlands and Germany are the biggest importers of spices, but each EU member has its own standards for imports. Therefore, the Dutch and European spice associations, along with their member bodies, are working to set up common standards for spice imports into Europe.

Creative farmers in 4.0 era

BAC GIANG - From production practices, many farmers in Bac Giang province have explored and put forth solutions and initiatives to serve agricultural production. These solutions have contributed to saving costs, reducing labor, improving production efficiency, and protecting the environment.

Big harvests, high prices of crops benefit farmers

Bumper harvests of durian, rice, sweet potato, ginger, and sugarcane accompanied by soaring prices have fetched farmers huge profits.

Livestreaming changes farmer's life

Luu Quang Dai, the friendly, bearded and formerly-poor owner of a 400,000-follower TikTok account, makes VND200 million (US$8,211) a month selling his produce via livestream.

Bonanza for sweet potato farmers as prices double

Sweet-potato growers in the Central Highlands are enjoying a windfall as prices have doubled from last year to VND15,000–20,000 ($0.61-0.82) per kilogram on higher demand and declining output.

Nguyen Huu Quy, a new-generation farmer

BAC GIANG - Nguyen Huu Quy (born in 1977) in Ngo 2 village, Yen The district owns the biggest flock of hybrid fighting chicken in northern province of Bac Giang. He is among 100 “outstanding Vietnamese farmers” in 2023, nominated to be one of the 10 “Bac Giang elite citizens”.

Source: VNA