Government officials and experts gather in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat on July 30, 2018 to seek ways to boost Vietnam's agriculture.

Mr. Phuc told a national conference in Da Lat city on Monday that more businesses should be encouraged to invest in agriculture, farm land should be used more efficiently, and high technology should be applied to current techniques, in order to improve productivity and quality. Participants underlined the importance of the link between businesses and farmers, technology application, incentives to lure investment in agriculture, market information sharing, and cultivation land planning. 

“Vietnam’s agriculture has enormous potential and opportunities. Vietnam should be among the top 15 most advanced countries in agriculture and the top 10 countries in farm produce processing in the world, within the next decade. The country should become a global agricultural processing hub and a logistics center for the trading of agricultural products. These goals are within reach,”  Prime Minister Phuc noted. 

Mr. Phuc said that the development of agricultural businesses is the key to success, ordering authorities to cut half of administrative procedures that impede the agricultural and rural development sector.