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Vietnam needs a long-term strategy to increase the quality of its rice exports to create sustainable growth in the future, experts say.

Vietnam’s seafood exports have been seriously affected since the European Commission issued an official warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) exploitation of Vietnamese seafood.

Enterprises with key industrial products asked Hanoi to further cut the administrative procedures and set up an official legal consultancy when they met local Department of Industry and Trade on October 9.

Local shrimp-breeding enterprises have mobilised investment from various sources to expand production in an aim to attract partners from shrimp supply chains from around the world.

Vietnam’s coffee exports in the first nine months of this year fell by 13.3 percent in volume to 1.25 million tonnes and 21.9 percent in value to 2.15 billion USD compared with the same period of last year.

Proper zoning and more investment for processing are among the measures needed to develop sustainable production of dragon fruit in the country, experts have said.

Forestry exports were estimated to exceed 7.93 billion USD in the first 9 months of 2019, up 18.1 percent year-on-year, with a trade surplus of 6.06 billion USD.

The Italian Government hopes to promote commercial activities in Vietnam, especially in the field of manufacturing and processing agricultural products, turning Vietnam into a strategic entrance for trading and investment of Italy in Southeast Asia, said Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro.

Vietnam exported 194.3 billion USD worth of products in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 8.2 percent.

Businesses operating in the spheres of electricity and electronics support industry in the northern province of Vinh Phuc raked in nearly 2.6 billion USD in the first nine months of this year, up 8 percent year-on-year.

Vietnam exported 194.3 billion USD worth of products in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 8.2 percent, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on September 30.

Vietnam posted a total export value of 194.3 billion USD in the first nine months of this year. Of the export staples, five commodities registered an export value of over 10 billion USD.

Vietnamese agriculture officials made fruits a key export product as it can bring eight or nine times more in value compare to rice production.

Electrical and electronic businesses in the supporting industry of the northern midland province of Vinh Phuc have gained over 2.58 billion USD in revenue so far this year, surging 8 percent from the same time last year.

Thai rice exports are likely to stay below targets as the strong baht weakens competitiveness in the world market.

The application of advanced technology in preservation and processing is the most important factor in Vietnam’s rice value chain, said Nguyen Hong Son, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam exported 1.93 billion USD worth of shrimp during January-August, down 8.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Fisheries.

Can Tho University and the Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam (AHAV) are organising the second international conference on animal production and environment in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 18-19.

The 13th International Woodworking Industry Fair (VietnamWood 2019) and the International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery and Equipment (Furnitec 2019) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) said the total export value of textiles, fiber, and cloth reached 25.7 billion USD in the first eight months of the year, up 8.6 percent year on year, including 60.6 percent from foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.