At the event, the two sides exchanged and signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on importing animal feed materials from Ohio, with the total value of agreements exceeding 600 million USD.

Vietnamese, US firms sign MoUs.

In addition, many Vietnamese firms established initial connections with Ohio partners to promote imports of raw timber, fruit, and meat products.

Ohio marks the second stop in a US working trip from June 1 to 7 by a Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy, accompanied by business associations and agricultural enterprises.

Also on 4 June, Minister Do Duy held a working session with Ohio Agriculture Secretary Brian Baldridge.

Earlier, on June 2, Vietnamese companies and associations signed five MoUs with partners in the state of Iowa, with a total value of around 800 million USD over three years.

By the end of the visit, the 50-member Vietnamese agricultural delegation is expected to sign MoUs with US partners to purchase agricultural products worth a total of over 2 billion USD.

Hung Yen egg-shaped lychees sold out before harvest begins

Despite being weeks away from peak harvest season, Hung Yen’s signature egg-shaped lychees are already sold out thanks to a surge in pre-orders.

 

Thousands of lychee drying kilns ready for harvest season in Bac Giang

BAC GIANG – With the main lychee harvest season approaching, nearly 3,000 drying kilns in Luc Ngan District and Chu Township of Bac Giang province are ready for operation. 

Agro-forestry-fishery export in five months top 28 billion USD

Viet Nam shipped 6.28 billion USD worth of agro-forestry-fishery products abroad in May, propelling the cumulative total for the first five months of the year to 28.04 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 19.6% and 15.1%, respectively, heard a press conference in Ha Noi on June 3.

 

Support promotion and introduction of OCOP products to public

The promotion and introduction of OCOP products have been widely implemented by localities across the country. Accordingly, more than 674 centres/points for the display and sale of OCOP products have been established, linked to urban centres and tourist destinations in various localities. OCOP products have been and are being widely embraced by people throughout the country.

 

2025 lychee harvest set for bumper crop

As Vietnam gears up for a bumper lychee harvest in 2025, estimated to reach 303,000 tonnes, up 30% from 2024, the agricultural sector, in coordination with localities, is proactively deploying measures to enhance fruit quality, expand markets, and boost exports.

 

First batch of this year's crop lychee reaches Paris

More than two tonnes of fresh Vietnamese lychees arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on June 2, marking the first shipment of this year's crop to France.