Quality standards, rules of origin, and legal aspects are said to be among the barriers Vietnamese businesses will have to overcome to gain a foothold in the European market under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
To capitalise on the global demand for medical protective equipment, Vietnamese companies need to proactively study markets, demand and quality standards, experts have said.
Truong Hai Auto Corporation, known as THACO, has said that in late May, it will export 69 semi-trailers to the US - a market with strict requirements on quality standards.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited a high-tech tra fish (pangasius) farm in Vinh Hoa commune, in Tan Chau town of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on December 14.
Vietnam has become one of the three largest white-fleshed fish suppliers for Brazil, with the export value of Tra fish to the market reaching 104.7 million USD in 2017, up 54 percent against 2016.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has decided to spend more than 9.7 billion VND (426,800 USD) to help local firms improve the quality of key products of the locality in 2018-2020.
Vietnam’s swift breeding industry has potential to compete with regional producers if it meets quality standards, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry Vu Van Tam said at a conference held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.
Dong Thap province, already the largest tra fish producer in the Mekong Delta, has further increased the breeding area this year because of the high prices the fish is fetching.
Vietnam’s tea exports are forecast to increase in both volume and value in the remaining months of 2017 due to growing global demand and limited supply.
Meeting the EU’s quality standards and demands in corporate social responsibility are key for Vietnamese exporters of agricultural products to succeed in the European market.
More and more public and private hospitals in HCM City have taken efforts to reach criteria for quality standards issued by the Health Ministry, according to the city's Department of Health.