Public-private partnership highlighted in high-quality rice production project

HÀ NỘI — Effective public-private partnership (PPP) and support from partners are key to the success of the project on developing 1 million ha of high-quality, low-emission rice linked with green growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2030, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said at a talk on January 30. Speaking at the on-line talk on the role of public-private partnership and innovation in implementing the major rice production project in the Mekong Delta, Hoan said to implement the project, Việt Nam needs to mobilise resources and technical advances. He said the FIHV will help expand the scale and accelerate the transformation process of Việt Nam's agricultural sector in particular and the economy in general to become a green, sustainable, and low-emission agricultural powerhouse. “Effective public-private cooperation and support from partners will be the key to the project's success,” he said. At the same time, Vietnam also takes action to increase competitiveness in the international market.