Ho Chi Minh City, Nov. 10 -- Ho Chi Minh City aims to develop high-tech urban agriculture in the 2026-2030 period and wishes to expand cooperation with US partners in plant varieties, biotechnology and technology transfer, a municipal official has said.

Nguyen Manh Cuong, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, made the statement at a ceremony honouring Vietnam-US agricultural cooperation, jointly organised by the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the US Department of Agriculture on November 9.

The event was attended by US Consul General in the city Melisa A. Brown and members of a US agricultural trade mission, which includes more than 30 American agricultural businesses and officials in charge of agriculture and ...