Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is shifting its science and technology work toward practical results, while expanding agricultural databases and product traceability, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Since 2021, the ministry has put 225 crop, livestock, aquaculture and forestry varieties, 150 technical advances, and 158 patents and other intellectual property products into production and commercial use. It has also introduced more than 2,000 high-tech, smart and climate-resilient agricultural practices. The ministry says technology applications have increased economic efficiency in agricultural production by around 20 to 30%.
The ministry is developing 21 databases and four sector-wide information systems. Twelve national and specialised databases have been synchronised. As of September 27, local data covered about 62.7 million of nearly 104.8 million land parcels, or 59.8%.
The national agricultural product traceability system, launched on July 1, had recorded 820,723 products from 3,031 farming households and 208 enterprises in 28 of Vietnam’s 34 provinces and cities. The system is intended to improve supply-chain transparency, product quality and market access.
During the first nine months of 2026, the ministry approved 187 ministerial-level science and technology tasks. A review found that 22 products broadly met the criteria for strategic technology products. Four biological products currently meet those criteria. The ministry said it would align science and technology tasks with production and market demand and direct resources toward strategic technology products.
Sources: VietnamPlus / Vietnam News Agency
