The Consulate General of Australia in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a programme called “Taste of Australia” on April 5 as part of activities to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
The annual event aims to introduce and promote Australian food, beverages, cuisine, and...
Ho Chi Minh City and Australia have high potential for cooperation in agriculture, especially high technology farming and cattle breeding, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.
Aat a meeting with Anne Ruston, Australian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the city on August 23,...
As the demand for imported beef soars, Australian exporters are strengthening their market share in Vietnam, but the situation is fraught with risk, experts say.
A Dau tu (Investment Review) newspaper report says Vietnam has become one of the largest importers of Australian cattle. In 2016, it ranked fourth among 32 countries...
The Department of Animal Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) jointly held an Asian exhibition and conference on beef and dairy cattle, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8.
Addressing the opening of the event, Hoang Thanh...
The Vietnam Macadamia Association (VMA) and Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) recently signed an agreement to boost the industry in both countries, according to Lao Dong newspaper.
The pact focuses on future experience exchanges on macadamia cultivation, processing and trade.
The AMS will support the VMA in building criteria for farming and...
Australian cattle have flooded Vietnam’s market, leading to dropping live-cattle prices, reported Australian ABC radio.
Vietnam imported 311,523 head from Australia in 2015 and more than 20,000 so far this year. The figures have caused domestic sale prices for feedlotters to fall significantly.
A Vietnamese feedlot operator who has imported Australian...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam co-organised a forum on food safety, a pressing issue in the country, on November 11 in Hanoi.
Participants shared information about good approaches to ensure food safety and identified areas for future collaboration to support the...
Researchers in Vietnam and Australia will begin exchanging sugar cane varieties after an agreement was signed by relevant agencies, according to the Nhan Dan newspaper.
The deal also includes cooperation on research into sugarcane diseases and genens
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)’s Executive Manager of Development Peter Allsopp said the biggest benefit...