VTV.vn - The proportion of high-tech agricultural production in Ho Chi Minh City currently accounts for 48% of agricultural production. This number is expected to increase to more than 70% in the next few years.

A model of smart farm Korea cooperated to deploy in Vietnam. Yonhapnews's photo.

Within the framework of the Vietnam-Korea Cultural, Trade and Investment Exchange Week on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, many Korean enterprises and scientific organizations in the field of industrial agriculture and industry have had a chance to participate in the activities of the two countries. High tech was present and expressed their desire to invest more deeply as well as transfer smart farm technology to businesses and website owners in Vietnam.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Son, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Agricultural Sciences, which is cooperating to build a smart grid-house model with the Korean side, said that the current demand for clean quality agricultural products is great while the farming area is large. Farming is gradually narrowed, applying high-tech models in farming is inevitable, especially with models such as Smart Farm.

To meet these needs, the current smart farm model needs to be improved to suit the needs of crops as well as each region. "In the coming time, if there are suitable models, there will be a great demand in the immediate future for areas capable of applying high technology such as Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City."

Talking about the ability and need to apply the smart farm model in particular and high-tech agriculture in general, said Mr. Dinh Minh Hiep, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City. High-tech agriculture is the direction that Ho Chi Minh City has determined. In the period 2016-2020, the proportion of high-tech agricultural production currently accounts for 48% of agricultural production. Expected to raise this rate to 70% in the coming years, many businesses participate in this field. However, businesses and farm owners in Ho Chi Minh City still face many difficulties in applying and transferring technology from other countries, the main reason is that the transfer and application costs are too high.

Mr. Dinh Minh Hiep - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Hiep also assessed that Korean businesses have experience and qualifications and also have some smart farm models that have been transferred effectively in some provinces and cities in Vietnam. Therefore, the fact that Korean investors find cooperation opportunities in the field of high-tech agriculture in Ho Chi Minh City will create opportunities for businesses and cooperatives to access the high-tech model.

A representative of Affes, a Korean enterprise operating in the field of smart farming, shared the desire to seek investment opportunities and technology transfer in the field of smart farm construction and application in Vietnam. Vietnam. The enterprise said it wants to move towards high-quality agricultural production and implement precision agriculture with the collected data.

Some enterprises in the field of high-tech agriculture in Ho Chi Minh City said that receiving and applying technology transferred from other countries is the direction they have determined. This is also a premise for agricultural products to be exported back to more favorable markets in the future. However, the problem they face is that the transferred model has a very high investment cost, and not every model that applies 100% of the process is suitable and effective.

Mr. Dinh Minh Hiep said, the current way of the city's agricultural industry is to look for many models from abroad, cooperation and transfer. We are pleased to have access to many leading Korean enterprises in the agricultural sector. It is important that we agree with them in the transfer and wish to accompany the business in the process so that we can draw strengths and weaknesses in technology. "The way we often say is to 'Vietnamize' the technology, adapt it to the production conditions and the level of Vietnamese people to create efficiency," said Hiep.

To attract more investors in this field, Ho Chi Minh City also offers many preferential policies for businesses, especially interest rates and seed incentives. However, in the immediate future, it is necessary to design specific norms, with each project the specific level of support will be fully or how much.

In 2021, Korea is one of the three major investors in Ho Chi Minh City, with about 2,000 businesses in operation. Particularly in the field of high technology - a new investment direction of enterprises in this country - Korea is also one of the countries with high investment in high-tech agriculture in Ho Chi Minh City next to Israel, Japan...