(VOV) - Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the Japanese Government to develop its agricultural sector in a modern direction, ensuring food security and adapting to climate change, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) senior official has said. Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu made the statement during a seminar to review agricultural cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, which was jointly held by MARD and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi on Friday. Thu noted that Japan has funded more than 30 projects supporting Vietnam’s agricultural sector while offering the sector non-refundable and emergency aid of about 150 million USD. Besides, she said, Japan has supported a number of irrigation and forestry projects with loans totalling nearly 500 million USD, contributing to improving the sector’s infrastructure system and developing agricultural and rural areas in a sustainable way.