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As many as seven Vietnamese fruits have now been able to make inroads into the US market.

The Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 24 announced the completion of opening the Japanese market for longan, the Chinese for sweet potato, and that of New Zealand for lime and grapefruit of Vietnam.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau is helping farmers register codes for their lands to facilitate exports.

After over five years of negotiations, the US Department of Agriculture has officially licensed the import of fresh pomelo from Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a strategy to develop the domestic trade market until 2030, with a vision to 2045, to provide sustainable consumption solutions for farm produce.

Son La province boasts the largest longan-growing area nationwide, with 20,000 hectares. Output for this year has been estimated at over 100,000 tonnes. Farmers are quite excited about this year’s season, as they are able to sell their fruit at higher prices after diversifying markets in recent times.

A trade fair to promote the sale of longan and other agricultural products of the northern province of Hung Yen opened on August 25.

The Farmers’ Association of Hung Yen city in the province of the same name, in coordination with the city’s Post Office, has organised training sessions on e-commerce and how to put agricultural products on sale on postmart.vn for 60 cadres and association members in the locality.

Diplomatic corps and industry associations from more than 20 countries visited Hung Yen on August 22 for an experiential event and friendly gathering hosted by local authorities to promote the northern province’s culture and signature fruit – longan.

The first batch of 1 tonne of fresh longan from the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has been shipped to the EU. The province aims to export more of the fruit, targeting 50 tonnes this year.

A conference was held in Yen The district, the northern province of Bac Giang on August 19 to announce the first shipment of Yen The late-ripening longan to Australia this year.

The first batch of longan grown in Xuan Thuy commune, Kim Boi district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was shipped to the European Union (EU) on August 11.

The first batch of longan grown in Xuan Thuy commune, Kim Boi district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was shipped to the European Union (EU) on August 11.

Nearly 10 tonnes of Vietnamese longan were exported to Melbourne, Australia, on August 10, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.

Longan grown in the northwestern province of Son La will be served on in-flight meals on Vietnam Airlines flights under an agreement signed on August 2 between local cooperatives and the Noi Bai Catering Services Joint Stock Company (NCS) and Vietnam Air Catering Services Joint Stock Company (VINACS).

On August 9, 2022, Hung Yen longan will be put on sale on e-commerce platforms for the first time, opening up a new trading method for longan growers in Hung Yen province.

Chi Linh city in the northern province of Hai Duong on July 22 held a ceremony to begin harvesting longan for export and ship batches of longan to the US, Europe and Singapore.

It takes about two months for the main longan season to be harvested, but in Song Ma district in the northern province of Son La, many households have already started harvesting early-ripening longan with a higher profit.

Vietnam is finalising procedures to get allowance to export longan to Japan – one of the world’s choosiest markets.

Many Vietnamese fruits are getting final negotiation steps done to enter new markets, with passion fruit approved by China and green-skin pomelo on the way to the US.