Vietnam targets 60 – 62 bln USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030

Vietnam has set a goal of earning around 60-62 billion USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Prime Minister.

Processing cashew nuts for export (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has set a goal of earningaround 60-62 billion USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030 under aproject recently approved by the Prime Minister.

The project looks to fully and sustainably join the global supplychain of agro-forestry-fisheries, improve the quality and value of their exportto meet regulations of importers, and develop their trademarks in internationalmarkets.

Of the figure, 25 billion USD will be from major farm produce,16-17 billion USD from forestry products, 15 billion USD from aquatic products,3-4 billion USD from animal husbandry products, and nearly 2 billion USD fromothers.

Agro-forestry-fisheries export is expected to grow by some 6-8percent annually. About 40 percent of export will be national brands, 70percent have their origins traced, and around 60 percent of exports areprocessed and deeply processed ones.

To such end, the project targets fine-tuning mechanisms andpolicies to ensure food safety and develop support industry, assisting firms inprotecting intellectual property right in export markets, popularisingtrademarks on domestic and foreign media./.

VNA

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