The government of North Chungcheong of the Republic of Korea (RoK) announced on June 2 that the province is beginning market research in Vietnam to strengthen the export of agricultural products.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam has visited and held meetings with the administrations and customs departments of China’s Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in an effort to facilitate farm produce exports via northern border gates of Vietnam.
Vietnam earned 46.5 million USD and 13.2 million USD from exporting vegetables and fruits, and rice to Australia in the seven months of this year, up over 45 percent and 37 percent year-on-year, respectively.
A programme popularising Vietnam’s green mangos is being held in Australia till the end of July, after five tonnes of the fruit have arrived in the country.
Agricultural exports to China posted impressive growth between January and May, with shipments of some produce even matching or surpassing the corresponding figures for the entire 2020, data of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed.
A host of measures have been suggested for the agriculture sector to reach the target of 40 billion USD in export revenue this year, given the impact of COVID-19 and now natural disasters.
Exports of several kinds of farm produce to China via Lao Cai border gate (the northern border province of Lao Cai) increased in the first quarter of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, said deputy head of the border gate’s customs branch Tran Anh Tu on April 1.
The agriculture sector expanded by 2.02 percent in nine months of this year. Export revenue hit 30.02 billion USD while trade surplus hit 6.86 billion USD, nearly 1 billion USD higher than last year.
Even though Vietnam’s coffee sector has enjoyed fast development in recent years in terms of cultivation area and output, foreign businesses still gain more advantages in the world market.
Vietnam is willing to assist Algeria in developing agriculture and aquatic cultivation, said Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, who is head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam-Algeria Inter-Governmental Committee.
Vietnamese exporters of farm produce must learn more about food-safety requirements and maximum residue limits (MRL) of importing countries, experts said at a workshop held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc plans to expand cultivation of its strongest exports in farm produce, such as red-flesh dragon fruit, Hong aromatic bananas and chayote (a type of gourd.)
