Farmers harvest longan in Ham Tu commune of Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Aninternational business matching webinar was held in Hanoi on August 13 in an effortto promote the export of Vietnamese longan.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do ThangHai told the online gathering that the quality of Vietnamese longan and relatedproducts, like dried longan and canned longan juice, has improved over time andare now found in major markets such as China, Australia, the US, Singapore, theRepublic of Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Europe, and the Middle East.
Vietnamese longan meets the requirements of importers,including those relating to origin traceability and plant quarantine, whichmeans its quality has been recognised and can win over other demanding markets,he said.
Hai views the export potential of the country’sfresh longan and related products as substantial.
Localities with large areas of concentratedlongan growing like Hung Yen, Son La, and Hai Duong provinces have beenperfecting their production processes and developing standardised cultivationzones to boost exports, he added.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Le Quoc Doanh, the ministry is coordinating with the Ministryof Industry and Trade to negotiate the opening up of more markets forVietnamese longan and other fruit.
More than 70 businesses and farm produceimporters in eight markets - India, Australia, the Republic of Korea, the US,Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, and China - discussed the longan trade withVietnamese farms, cooperatives, and businesses from Hanoi and HCM City as wellas Ben Tre, Bac Giang, Binh Duong, Hung Yen, Lang Son, and Son La provinces./.
