HCM City’s agricultural production value up 4.3 percent in Q1
Ho Chi Minh City’s agricultural production value in the first three months of 2020 increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Growing melon at a hi-tech agricultural zone in Ho Chi Minh City (Source: nongnghiep.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s agricultural production value in thefirst three months of 2020 increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year, according tothe municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
This is a positivesign amid complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused bythe novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), as the city’s agricultural sectoris exerting efforts to ensure the supply of essential food for locals.
The national targetprogramme on new-style rural area building in the city has entered a new andadvanced phase.
By mid-March, eachcommune in the city met an average of 18.9 out of 19 advanced criteria, up 2.5criteria compared with that of the same period last year. Up to 52 communes, or92.9 percent, have completed all 19 criteria.
Meanwhile, eachdistrict met an average of 7.8 out of 9 advanced criteria, up 2 criteriaagainst the same period last year./.
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Growing melon at a hi-tech agricultural zone in Ho Chi Minh City (Source: nongnghiep.vn) 
