Vietnam was ranked fourth in Southeast Asia on the Economist Intelligence Unit food security index (Photo: VNA)
A top world rice exporter, the country scored an overall 64.6 out of 100 points, higher than the 62.9 average among 113 countries and territories.
Compared to Southeast Asia peers, Vietnam was behind Singapore (1st place), Malaysia (28th) and Thailand (52nd), though ranking above Indonesia (62nd), the Philippines (64th), Myanmar (77th), Cambodia (90th) and Laos (92nd).
Vietnam did well in eight indicators - presence and quality of food safety net programmes, access to financing for farmers, change in average food costs, proportion of population under global poverty line, food safety, volatility of agricultural production, urban absorption capacity and food loss - with a score above 75.
However, it struggled in public expenditure on agricultural research and development with 1.7 points, and affordability of food with 5.3 points, which were below the world average of 5.0 and 17.8 respectively.
Singapore topped the global index ranking with an 87.4 overall score, making it the only country in Asia to finish in the top 10. Ireland and the US each earned an overall score of 84 and 83.7 to follow Singapore and complete the global top three.
Yemen, Burundi and Venezuela made up the bottom three.
Up to 80% of the Philippines’ imported rice comes from Vietnam. The Philippines has considered Vietnam a key partner in ensuring domestic food security.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia to Vietnam Dato' Tan Yang Thai, highlighted that Vietnam is a reliable partner in guaranteeing Malaysia's food security at a meeting with Can Tho city authorities on March 5.
Speaking on a BBC radio program on June 13, Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed the breach of the hydroelectric dam since the Soviet-era on the Dnipro River in Ukraine would have a major effect on worldwide food security.
The Prime Minister has decided to allocate 4.557,773 trillion VND for localities to implement a program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households.
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