Vietnam may stop importing fertilizer from 2020

Vietnam may stop importing fertilizer from 2020

The Southeast Asian nation requires about 7.5 million metric tons to 8 million tons of fertilizer a year while local production meets only half of domestic needs, according to the newspaper.

Vietnam will have to import more than 500,000 tons of different kinds of fertilizer a year from now until 2020, Thoi Bao reported.