HCM City (VNA), Dec. 9 -- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a forum to promote investment in farming in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9.

Participants at the event heard the GDP growth rate of Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery production been stable, increasing by 2.83% per year on average since 2010. In the 2009-2021 period. The agricultural sector lured nearly 2,000 foreign investment projects worth more than 17.6 billion USD, mostly in processing and trade.

Vu Thanh Liem, deputy director of the MARD's International Cooperation Department, said these projects have contributed to the sector's restructuring for production diversification, technological upgrades, transformation of farming methods, and competitiven...