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The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has supported businesses to promote Vietnam’s farm produce and food products in the world, especially Asian markets such as China and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnam earned over 2 billion USD from exporting fruits and vegetables in the first half of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 19.7 percent.

With effective cooperation between farmers, businesses and State management agencies, Vietnam is likely to realise its goal of 10 billion USD in fruit-vegetables export turnover by 2020.

Vietnam earned some 321 million USD from fruit and vegetable exports in January 2018, rising by 36.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the MARD.

Vietnam earned a record of some 3.45 billion USD from fruit and vegetable exports in 2017, rising by 40.5 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Experts and businesses discussed ways to maintain and expand EU markets for Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 9.

A large-scale festival to promote vegetarian culture, express gratitude to parents and mark Mother’s Day will be held in Hanoi on September 30.

The pilot project to put origin-tracing stamps on vegetable and fruits has gained initial successes after three months, a senior official has said.

The export value of domestic fruits and vegetables is expected to reach 2.5 billion USD this year, surpassing the value of rice exports for the first time.

Consumption of vegetarian food significantly increases just before and on the full-moon day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar.

Cambodia spent about 600 million USD annually importing pork, fruits and vegetables from neighbouring countries for domestic consumption, the country’s “Khmer Daily” reported on March 28.

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.