The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) between EU and Vietnam provides a specific provision related to promoting eco-fair products. In which, rice is considered the main export commodity of our country. The potential and challenges of Vietnam’s rice exports when signing the EVFTA agreement. Rice maintain its position as one of the key export…

After nearly 30 years of participating in exporting, Vietnam’s cashew industry has gradually growing, being one of our country’s main agricultural export products. However, toward sustainable development, the industry still needs to put more effort to breakthrough. Great potential Cashew Anacardium Occidentale L belongs to Anacardiaceae family, in the Order Rutales. Cashew trees is grown…

After more than 6 months of operation with different courses delivered to enterprises and consumers, the Eco-Fair project “Promotion of supply and demand of Eco-Fair agri-food processing products in Vietnam” has received various positive feedbacks and comments, which give high appreciation for not only its usefulness and meaningfulness but also the advanced method of mobile-based…

Within the framework of the project “Advancing environmentally responsible business practice for the fruit and vegetable sector and the coffee sector in Vietnam”, VIRI held an online meeting with 4C organization. On the project side, in addition to VIRI, there is also the participation of UNDP and Vietnam Cocoa Coffee Association (VICOFA). VIRI introduced the…

In light of the complicated situation of the COVID-19 epidemic, in order to maintain the health of our staff and prevent the risk of infection, VIRI staff are working online at home as a precautionary measure from May 5th. Return-to-work date will be announced later. The ECO-FAIR project meetings will be done online. For all…

On April 16th, 2021, at Daruko hotel in Dak Lak provice, Dr. Nguyen Bao Thoa, Director of Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute, Manager of project “Promotion of supply and demand of eco fair agri-food processing products in Vietnam” had the training combined seminar with local staff regarding to the challenges and impacts of…

In the framework of the project “Improving environmental responsibility for Vietnamese businesses”, VIRI, the research team and two associations: the Vietnam Cocoa Coffee Association and the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association organize interviews with business and professionals. This activity aims to provide additional information for research on the environmental impacts of business operations and the…

On February 23, 2021, the Project “Promotion of Supply and Demand for Eco Fair Agri-Food processing products in Vietnam” (Eco-Fair) officially opened the Eco-fair shop at Shophouse 10, Park 7, Times City, 428 Minh Khai street, Hanoi. Attending the opening ceremony, there were representatives of the Eco-fair Project, fair trade experts and representatives of businesses…

After almost 4 months launching the online course on sustainable production, there were 502 MSMEs successfully completed the course and received online certificates. The course is divided into 4 parts: general introduction on sustainable production and three (3) in-depth contents (Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production, sustainable design and sustainable certification). The MSMEs who completed the…