Vietnam plans to obtain a year-on-year rise of 30 percent infarm and vegetable export value to 1 billion USD this year.
Secretary General of the Fruits and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit)Nguyen Van Ky said the figure is within reach as the rising globaldemand for farm produce is benefiting Vietnam ’s sector this year.
Vietnam has been listed as one of the world’s five biggest farm produce exporters, Ky added.
Meanwhile, Thailand, Vietnam’s biggest rival in farm produceexport, has become the nation’s major importer, said Vinafruit, addingthat the nation is focusing on the cultivation of orchids, a high valuestaple.
With diverse varieties, Vietnam’shigh-quality special fruits and vegetables have penetrated not onlyThailand but also other markets, like the US, Japan, Australia and NewZealand.
In 2013, Vinafruit said its affiliates willincrease their exports to China by closely cooperating with thelatter’s importers and distributors and to top 10 importers of theirfarm produce, including Italy, Russia, the Republic of Korea, theNetherlands, Germany and Canada, despite their strict requirements onfood hygienic safety.
The country’s main exportitems are fresh fruit like dragon fruit, watermelon, litchi, longan andmango; fresh vegetables like mushrooms, potatoes, carrots and spiceherbs; and canned vegetables.
In order to ensureexports, the sector plans to raise an annual vegetable and fruit outputfrom 200,000-300,000 tonnes from 2011-2015 to 400,000 tonnes per year inthe next five years and an annual fruit output from 500,000 tonnes from2011-2015 to 800,000 tonnes in the next five years.
To obtain the target, the sector will put ineffective rice productionareas in the Red River , central highlands, southeastern region and theMekong Delta into those for high-value fruits and vegetables.
In addition, it will apply up-to-date science and technology, set upconglomerates providing varieties and technical measures to createbreakthroughs into production.-VNA
Secretary General of the Fruits and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit)Nguyen Van Ky said the figure is within reach as the rising globaldemand for farm produce is benefiting Vietnam ’s sector this year.
Vietnam has been listed as one of the world’s five biggest farm produce exporters, Ky added.
Meanwhile, Thailand, Vietnam’s biggest rival in farm produceexport, has become the nation’s major importer, said Vinafruit, addingthat the nation is focusing on the cultivation of orchids, a high valuestaple.
With diverse varieties, Vietnam’shigh-quality special fruits and vegetables have penetrated not onlyThailand but also other markets, like the US, Japan, Australia and NewZealand.
In 2013, Vinafruit said its affiliates willincrease their exports to China by closely cooperating with thelatter’s importers and distributors and to top 10 importers of theirfarm produce, including Italy, Russia, the Republic of Korea, theNetherlands, Germany and Canada, despite their strict requirements onfood hygienic safety.
The country’s main exportitems are fresh fruit like dragon fruit, watermelon, litchi, longan andmango; fresh vegetables like mushrooms, potatoes, carrots and spiceherbs; and canned vegetables.
In order to ensureexports, the sector plans to raise an annual vegetable and fruit outputfrom 200,000-300,000 tonnes from 2011-2015 to 400,000 tonnes per year inthe next five years and an annual fruit output from 500,000 tonnes from2011-2015 to 800,000 tonnes in the next five years.
To obtain the target, the sector will put ineffective rice productionareas in the Red River , central highlands, southeastern region and theMekong Delta into those for high-value fruits and vegetables.
In addition, it will apply up-to-date science and technology, set upconglomerates providing varieties and technical measures to createbreakthroughs into production.-VNA
