Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang, dubbed as the pearl island in the southwestern region of the country, has emerged as a favourite destination for tourists both inside and outside the country.
Although the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) appears to be a boon for Vietnamese pepper, expanding market reach in Europe requires much more than FTA-induced tariff advantages.
The volume of Vietnam’s pepper exports to important markets has decreased this year, but the country has retained its top spot in the global rankings, heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 21.
Vietnam maintains its position as the world’s largest pepper producer and exporter, heard an international conference on the Vietnamese pepper sector held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on November 9-10.
The Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) recently coordinated with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnamese Embassy in France to hold a business matching event in Paris to boost pepper trading.
Cambodia’s peppercorn exports in the first seven months of 2022 stood at about 6,990 tonnes, nearly a 70% decline compared to the same period last year, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Vietnam is among exhibitors at the 11th edition of the World Chili Pepper Trade Fair (Fiera Campionaria Mondiale del Peperoncino) in the city of Rieti, central Italy from August 24 – 28, introducing not only its best chili pepper products but also other spices, such as pepper, tea, coffee, wood ear, shiitake mushrooms and galangal.
Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang, dubbed as the pearl island in the southwestern region of the country, has emerged as a favourite destination for tourists both inside and outside the country.
Vietnam is seeking ways to revive the billion-dollar pepper industry which has been struggling against unfavourable weather conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic for over the last several years.
After years of fluctuations, in 2021, the pepper industry enjoyed a good growth to regain its position as one of the major export products with revenue from 1 billion USD.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) expects to exceed its annual export target for agricultural, forest and fishery products, thanks to the restoration of production and business after the COVID-19 outbreak.
Vietnam exported to France 2,860 tonnes of pepper for 8.18 million EUR (9.6 million USD) in the first 7 months of this year, up 28.6 percent and 44.3 percent in volume and vallue, respectively, against a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.
Cambodia exported 24,847 tonnes of pepper to foreign markets in the first eight months of this year, according to the country's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Veng Sakhon.
Vietnamese agricultural products have been introduced at the 10th Chili Pepper Festival, one of the most awaited culinary fests in a year that is taking place in Italian central city of Rieti from September 1-5.
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