The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the United Nations (UN) in Vietnam, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN in Vietnam on October 18 jointly organised the commemoration of Word Food Day 2024 (October 16).

A Vietnam-Africa policy dialogue workshop on South-South cooperation to support food system transformation took place in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on December 12, as part of the ongoing Vietnam-Hau Giang International Rice Festival 2023.