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Good signs seen in fruit, vegetable export

Orders for fruits and vegetables have outnumbered those for other agricultural products so far this year, signalling a bright outlook in the time to come.
Good signs seen in fruit, vegetable export ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Orders for fruitsand vegetables have outnumbered those for otheragricultural products so far this year, signalling a bright outlook inthe time to come.

Thanks to China’s reopening of market, manyVietnamese businesses have strengthened their export to this huge market.

Head of the Department of AgriculturalProduct Processing and Market Development under the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development (MARD) Nguyen Quoc Toan held that businesses should focus onoptimising their advantages to make a breakthrough for fruit and vegetableexport, especially when China reopens its market.

Last year, many kinds of fresh fruitsreceived licences to be exported to China through official channel, while manyothers were allowed to enter other markets.

This year, Vietnam aims for growth ofat least 20% in export revenue of fruits and vegetables, at 4 billionUSD.

Data from the department showed that sofar, Vietnam has 1.21 million hectares of fruit farms with an output of about18.68 million tonnes.

Good signs seen in fruit, vegetable export ảnh 2Pakaging banana for export at Banana Brothers Farm in Dak Lak (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Vietnam Fruit Vegetables Association (VinaFruit)General Secretary Dang Phuc Nguyen said that Vietnamese fruits and vegetableshave gained good reputation in the world with high quality and ensured foodsafety.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade NguyenSinh Nhat Tan said that in the time to come, the ministry will work closelywith the MARD to increase trade promotion programmes on the digital platformsusing information technologies, thus strengthening the export of farm produce,creating favourable conditions for exporters,especially in the Chinese market.

The ministry also plans to organise thefirst Vietnam-Shanghai (China) trade forum in Hanoi in April, he said.

The official also advised domestic firms to activelyapply science and technologies in production and processing to increase theirproducts’ values.

Deputy head of the Department ofAgricultural Product Processing and Market Development Le Thanh Hoa said thatthe global fruit and vegetable market is forecast to reach about 392 billionUSD in 2025, adding domestic firms should pay greater attention to the processed fruit and vegetable segment to reduce risks from transportation./.
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