Overseas Vietnamese set to enjoy Tet goods
Tran Thanh Toan, owner of Tran Gia
establishment, which produces banh chung (square glutinous rice cakes)
in southern Dong Nai province, has signed contracts to export 35 tonnes
of banh chung to the EU, Asia, Australia and other markets ahead of the
holiday. He also plans to export about five tonnes of dong (phrynium)
leaves for wrapping banh chung.
A representative of the Hai Minh
Company in HCM City's Cu Chi District said his company had already
shipped several consignments of banh trang (griddle cakes), banh da
(rice pancakes), cu kieu (pickled scallion heads) and other common Tet
foods to several countries.
The French-owned Big C supermarket
exported four containers of dried and frozen foodstuffs as well as Tet
specialties to supermarkets in France, Brazil, Thailand and other
countries that belong to its owner, the Casino Group.
The
exported products include griddle cakes, dried vermicelli, noodles,
teas, soya sauce, fish sauce, dried fruits, shrimp crackers, frozen
sugpo prawns, spring rolls, ha cao (a kind of Chinese dumpling), crab
meat and potato shrimp roll.
Many Vietnamese goods have been
exported to Casino Group branches since 1997, a company representative
said, adding that the exports totalled 20 million USD last year.
Other
companies, including Vinamit Joint Stock Company, Tan Dong Trade
Production Co and Huong Canh Co, are filling export orders for Tet
goods.
In order for the country to maintain a high export rate,
food hygiene and safety must be a top priority during the production
process as well as in preservation and transport, Toan and other
producers said.
Several local food export company owners hope to
earn reputations for quality during the holiday period so they can
increase exports throughout the year.-VNA