(VOVworld) – After two decades of a renewal process implementation, from a country facing a serious shortage of food, Vietnam has became the world’s second largest rice exporter. The statement was made by Pham Quang Huy, an expert from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) seminar on food security in Malaysia from June 18-21. Huy said despite its significant achievements in the past two decades, Vietnam has yet to cope with certain challenges, such as great losses caused by natural disasters, climate change and poor storage systems. In response, the Vietnamese Government has worked out some solutions aimed at integrating national food security into the national socio-economic development strategy, developing agriculture comprehensively and effectively and building highly efficient and competitive production zones as well as purchase and reserve systems in localities to help local people access high quality food while encouraging all economic sectors to invest in ensuring national food security.