Ben Tre has called off all fruit exhibitions and festivals scheduled for this year, with authorities saying drought and saline intrusion have decimated its orchards and there is nothing more to show.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has encouraged sustainable cultivation of fresh fruit following VietGAP and GlobalGap standards, aiming to increase overseas shipments.
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.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Cultivation Department has issued a set of techniques for rice and fruit cultivation in salty land in the Mekong Delta.
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports will continue to enjoy good growth this year, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit).
The first batches of goods of the New Year, mainly fruit and seafood, were shipped abroad through the Lao Cai international border gate, on February 9, the second day of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Like most other nations in Asia, the Vietnamese welcome the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and Tet Nguyen Dan (the lunar New Year Day) has long become the biggest festival of the nation.
Foreign markets, especially TPP agreement members, will take in Vietnamese fruit and vegetables this year, but the question now is how to supply enough volume while following strict safety standards.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc plans to expand cultivation of its strongest exports in farm produce, such as red-flesh dragon fruit, Hong aromatic bananas and chayote (a type of gourd.)
The Mekong Delta’s fruit export revenue will surge in the next few years, said Nguyen Phuong Lam, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Trade (VCCI)’s chapter in Can Tho.
2015 marked the point at which Vietnam boosted its fruit shipments to several demanding foreign markets, as heard during a conference to review outcomes and set tasks for local plant quarantine work.
Vietnam grossed 2.2 billion USD from selling fruits and vegetable abroad, a record yearly increase of 47 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.
Farmers and artisans in the Mekong River Delta are busy creating "strange" and "unique" fruits for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls in early February next year.
There are many ways to win in life, and not necessarily with a university diploma. Nguyen Tien Dung is among a few young people in Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province, who has proved it.
Fruit and vegetable exports are likely to achieve the Government's target of 1.65 billion USD this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Officials and producers in the southern central province of Binh Thuan studied the Geographic Indication (GI) system of Europe at a workshop on November 13 with a view to developing plans to improve
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