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Vietnam is exporting tea mainly in the form of raw materials. In an effort to increase tea export value, both farmers and businesses in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, the country’s largest tea producer, are seeking to develop brand names for their products.

Mr Nguyen Duc Trong, owner of a tea workshop in Thai Nguyen province, has been working hard to promote his products. Trong’s goal is to develop a tea brand and seek outlets for products.

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The latest duties are as high as US$7.74 a kg

A farmer is seen at a catfish farm in Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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asia.nikkei.com – Local cultivation in emerging Asian markets proves cheaper than exports

HIDEKI SHINOHARA, Nikkei staff writer

A woman wearing a traditional hat sits in a rice field outside Hoi An, Vietnam. © Reuters

NIIGATA, Japan — Japan’s rice farmers are venturing into the rest of Asia to grow their crops locally. Supported by an increase in the number of Japanese restaurants across the region, the farmers are teaming up with locals to apply their expertise, hoping to ride the strong brand power that Japonica rice enjoys.

The trend lets locals indulge their taste in high-quality Japanese rice without paying stratospheric prices for imported versions, as some wealthy Chinese are doing.

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Last update 10:28 | 04/02/2018  vietnamnet

Accelerating agricultural restructuring towards large-scale and high-tech production became critical for the sector involving 70 per cent of the country’s population but contributing just below 20 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Avocado fruits were packaged for export. Viet Nam is seeking measures to promote exports of agricultural products. 

At a recent working session with the Prime Minister’s economic consultants team, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said the agricultural sector was facing growing competition and technical barriers.

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Coastal communities are learning about the benefits of climate-smart aquaculture and integrated coastal farming systems. More quantitative evidence of these practices is now being documented.