Ho Chi Minh City highly values the Netherland’s capacity and experience in climate change adaptation, , Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan said on April 26.

He made the remake while hosting a reception for Vice Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Netherlands Hanneke Schuiling, who is paying a working visit to Vietnam.

Hoan expressed his delight as the relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands have been thriving since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1973, especially after the countries set up the strategic partnership on climate change adaptation and water management in 2010, signed an agreement on strategic partnership on sustainable agriculture and food safety in April 2014.

The Netherlands is currently the fifth largest investor of HCMC with 161 projects valuing at nearly US$5 billion .

The city is facing some issues in its development such as urban transport, waste management and environmental pollution, hoping to connect with Dutch scientists and businesses so as to find solutions to climate change, flooding and sea level rise, he added.

The southern hub of Vietnam has yet to fully tap the potential of its seaports and welcomes authorities of Rotterdam to inspect and promote investment cooperation between the two cities, notably in the construction and development of a port system.

For her part, Schuiling congratulated HCMC on overcoming difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and rolling out economic recovery measures.

Dutch businesses operating in the city highly valued cooperation potential between the Netherlands and Vietnam in general and HCMC in particular, she underlined, especially in climate change adaptation and agricultural production.

In regards to cooperation between Dutch localities and HCMC, she said the Mayor of Rotterdam has paid due attention to and wanted to visit the Vietnamese southern largest economic hub to step up cooperation in developing seaports and responding to climate change.

The Netherlands is home to numerous firms specialising in building green infrastructure and urban projects, and they are hoping to partner with HCMC in the fields of mutual concern and development potential, Schuiling underlined.

Source: sggpnews.org.vn

The product selling price is now lower than the production cost which is now the main reason for a sharp decrease of poultry farm quantity in recent years. There is an urgent need to be raised for the poultry industry to find the solutions to help farmers overcome this difficult period.

SELLING BELOW COST OF PRODUCTION

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the total herd of poultry and waterfowl tends to increase. However, in recent years, farmers have had to sell poultry products below the cost of production, leading to heavy losses for farmers.

Explaining the reason,  said: “The reason is that input materials, especially the price of feed ingredients have increased very high; conflicts between countries; effects of COVID-19; issues of protection of domestic production of some countries�.

Production of domestic livestock households is under competitive pressure from imported poultry products. In the last 5 years, the annual volume of imported chicken meat has increased continuously (over 15%), accounting for 20-25% of the total chicken meat consumed in the country.

This puts great pressure on the consumption of poultry products, making it difficult for businesses and farmers in Vietnam to sell poultry products.

It is necessary to ensure that farmers are profitable to have the conditions to reproduce

OVERCOME SHORT-TERM DIFFICULTIES

According to Mr. Tong Xuan Chinh – Deputy Director of the Department of Livestock Production, the immediate solution is to promote the role of the Vietnam Poultry Association (VIPA), strengthen linkage and coordination within the poultry farming system. From sellers of breeds, animal feed, slaughter, processing to distribution, they must link together along the value chain to ensure that inputs are reduced by at least 10%.

This is the most important and feasible factor that can be done right now, it is necessary to ensure that farmers are profitable to have the conditions to reproduce.

Mr. Tong Xuan Chinh – Deputy Director of the Department of Livestock Production

LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

To increase the competitiveness of businesses and poultry farmers in Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son – Chairman of the Vietnam Poultry Association (VIPA) said: “The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development needs to review the poultry development strategy in the medium and long term. The livestock industry authorities need to review and cut unnecessary administrative procedures, especially shorten the time to process paperwork, avoid losing opportunities in production and business for enterprises”.

Development orientation needs to harmonize between quantity and quality development. Emphasis is placed on improving quality and production efficiency rather than rapidly increasing quantity. At the same time, limit the increase in the number and size of farms in some areas and ecological zones with high livestock density.

To reduce production costs and reduce the price of animal feed, Mr. Bui Duc Huyen – Director of Viet Tin Nutrition Joint Stock Company said: “Restructuring raw material areas to serve livestock; Using livestock products that are beneficial to health; Limiting the commercial poultry meat import; Supporting chain links; Supporting on financial funding and interestsâ€�.

Vietnam’s livestock development strategy for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045 with the following orientations: By 2023, the total number of chickens will be maintained regularly from 500-550 million, of which about 60% are raised by industrial methods; Egg production is about 23 billion eggs, poultry meat accounts for 29-31% of total carcass production, etc.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien shared at the conference

To achieve the above goal and increase the competitiveness of the poultry industry in Vietnam, there will certainly be a long-term roadmap involving many different issues. In the present time, it is necessary to focus on implementing many immediate solutions to revive the poultry industry – an important commodity related to the livelihoods of millions of farmers.

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