Vietnam is in need of major investors in fruit and vegetable production in order to boost processing, especially in the packaging and post-processing stages, to preserve products for longer and enhance their value.
A delegation of firms from Singapore was expected to visit Vietnam at the end of this month to seek fruit and vegetable suppliers, as imports from China were declining due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Dong Thap province, the Mekong Delta’s largest mango producer, plans to increase the area under the fruit to 10,000ha next year, a top agriculture official has said.
Agro, fishery and forestry export turnover in the first eight months of this year rose 13.5 percent from the same period last year to 23.66 billion USD, the MARD reported.
Vietnam saw significant rise in exports of fruit and vegetable products in the first half of 2017 but local exporters still cannot find themselves at ease over unstable supply and food safety issues.
The Vietnam Embassy in Egypt is willing to support local firms in seeking Vietnamese partners to study each other’s market, stated Ambassador Do Hoang Long.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has devised a 2017 trade promotion plan to remove obstacles in markets and increase exports of agro-forestry-fishery products.
Vietnam has shown strong growth in fruit and vegetable exports in recent times, but for the sustainable development of exports more support from the State and enterprises is required.
Leaders of the Vietnamese and Mongolian Governments agreed to create the most favorable conditions for the two countries’ enterprises to further expand trade and investment links in the time ahead.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Mongolia will be a chance for both countries to discuss major measures to boost their bilateral relations and maintain their political ties.
Vietnam gained a year on year increase of 41 percent from export value of vegetable and fruit to 526 million USD in the first three months of this year.
A round table conference on the establishment of the Vietnam –
Netherlands Cooperation Forum was held on March 27 in Hanoi to intensify
cooperation in the field of fruit and vegetables between the two
countries.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Andrus Ansip,
will pay an official visit to Vietnam from Nov. 5-7 at the
invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Vietnam earned 213 million USD from exports of fruit and vegetables in
the first four months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 44.1
percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
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