Innovative collaboration and actions are needed to reverse rising food insecurity rates and resume progress towards the eradication of hunger by 2030, Director-General Qu Dongyu told delegates gathered at FAO today in the opening of 46^th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). "We have a huge challenge ahead of us," he said. "We can achieve this if we work together hand in hand."

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important foodborne pathogen and has been implicated in numerous food poisoning outbreaks worldwide. Although several microbiological and molecular methods have been developed to detect E. coli O157:H7, the difficulty to rapidly detect low levels of the foodborne bacteria persists. Here, the optimization of a filtration technique to concentrate and rapidly detect E. coli O157:H7 was conducted.

Since then, much has changed in the global perception of the problem. Food loss and waste has indeed become an issue of great public concern. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects the increased global awareness of the problem. Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for halving per capita global food waste at retail and consumer levels by 2030, as well as reducing food losses along the production and supply chains.

+ Mr. Nguyễn Văn Chương leaving for Belarus to join the scientific meeting at Belarus Botany Research Institute, Sept 10-17, 2019.

+ Mr. Nguyễn Thế Nhuận leaving for Korea the join the scientific meeting on “Applications of Hi-technology on Agriculture in Korea”, from 29 Sept to October 5 2019.

Ms. Normita Ignacio (Director, SEARICE), Mr. Cid Ryan Manalo (Technical Assistant, SEARICE) – The Philippines paid a short visit to the IAS to deal with crop breeding and commercializing; September 26, 2019.

Topic:  “Sharing how to apply R-software in agricultural biometrics with RStudio”  by Dr. Nguyen Binh Duy at R.107, the Institute of Agriculture Sciences for Souther Vietnam, 121 Nguyen Binh Khiem, D.1, Ho Chi Minh City in August 08, 2019; 8:30 am.

The GDP growth of 7.08 per cent in 2018 is an impressive figure ($US 2,587 per capita); despite slowing global trade due to geopolitical tensions and the US-China trade war. The Vietnamese economy continued to record a variety of notable achievements. Vietnam’s macroeconomic foundations were maintained, with inflation contained at 3.6% and core inflation remaining stable below 1.5%, while major balances of the economy were guaranteed.