The district's ambitious tourism development goals for the coming years focus on changing the structure of the rural economy to one based on trade and services.

The city has stepped up efforts to promote OCOP items through trade fairs and supermarket chains.

Hanoi is set to soon establish a high-tech agricultural center that will integrate both domestic and international advanced technologies.

The E-Commerce and Information Technology Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that Vietnam’s vegetable and fruit export in the first 11 months of 2016 reached 2.178 billion USD.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan received the Saudi Arabia`s delegation of the Sharijah Business Federation during its working visit to Vietnam on December 19.

Responding to requests on credit for organic agriculture during a conference held in HCM City on December 18, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc promptly instructed the State Bank to consider a 50 - 60 trillion VND preferential credit package designed specifically for organic farming.

Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday organized a conference to summarize the project on developing agricultural mechanization in Hanoi by 2016 with orientations to 2020.

Koyu & Unitek has become the first Vietnamese company to export chicken breasts to Japan, as it had secured a deal for the first batch to leave port in early 2017.

On November 23, Vietnam and Australia hold agriculture policy dialogue in Hanoi and reached a consensus on establishing a joint working group this year to bolster farming trade and cooperation between the sides.

Chief Representative Jong Ha-bae said at an international forum in Hanoi on November 21 that the FAO will continue providing government support to Vietnam’s agriculture, especially offer a technical support programme to Vietnam to improve income in rural areas.

More than 100 ha of farming land in Hanoi have been repurposed to grow lilies during winter for serving people`s needs in the coming Tet Holiday.

The industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture and rural areas are an important task during the industrialisation, modernisation and international integration of the country, President Tran Dai Quang highlighted at the meeting with representatives of outstanding farmers with inventions in agricultural production in Hanoi on November 13.

The 16th International Agriculture Trade Fair – AgroViet 2016 introducing safe agricultural products to consumers has been officially opened in Hanoi.

The 16th International Agriculture Trade Fair - AgroViet 2016 kicked off in Hanoi on November 11, featuring 400 booths of 300 local and international businesses.

According to a report presented by the National Assembly Standing Committee on November 4, the agricultural restructuring project has helped raise farmers’ income, shift labour structure in the farming sector and develop new rural areas sustainably.

Through September, shrimp consumption was more favourable than previously thanks to high demands from the US and EU markets in the context of global supply decline, and shrimp exports are expected to reach 3.1 billion USD this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

At the yesterday`s meeting with Governor Shui Chi Abe in Hanoi, President Tran Dai Quang proposed Japan`s Nagano prefecture to support Vietnamese localities to develop human resources training in hi-tech agriculture.

On October 25, a delegation of 10 Dutch businesses held a dialogue with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi to explore business opportunities in farm produce, aiming to boost Vietnam-Netherlands agro cooperation and improve farm produce’s value

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue emphasised at the forum in Hanoi on October 16 that agriculture, farmers and rural areas have been considered as a strategic role in the country’s industrialization and modernization as well as an important force to strengthen sustainable socio-economic development.

With the aims to develop shrimp farms to the standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and importing countries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development targets until the end of 2017, at lease 10 percent of breeding shrimp farms will be recognised as safe farms.

​According to Vietnam Food Association (VFA), Vietnam hopes to export more tonnes of rice to the US in the three remaining months of 2016, raising exports for the year to 4.9 million tonnes.

New-style rural construction should be combined with rural economic transfer, suitable urbanisation, civilised urban area building, environmental protection and fresh water supply, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Vietnamese Government should create better investment environment and favourable operational conditions for agricultural businesses to make the sustainable value chains, according to the report of World Bank in Vietnam unveiled in Hanoi on September 27.