Vietnam’s green mangos promoted in Australia
Hanoi (VNA) – A programme popularising Vietnam’s green mangos is being held in Australia till the end of July, after five tonnes of the fruit have arrived in the country.
The batch was imported
by Melbourne-based Dalat Import-Export Company and distributed by ASEAN Produce
Pty Company.
Another batch of 25
tonnes of Son La green mangos, exported by Rong Do Company, is also expected to be delivered soon.
As part of the
programme, the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is also working to add
Vietnamese green mangos to restaurants’ menus.
Accordingly, An Viet
restaurant chain in Sydney agreed to not only bring green mangos to its menus
but also place orders and deliver them to consumers.
The office also offered a prize worth 500 AUD for a lucky consumer who buys
green mangos or orders dishes made from the fruit.
It also launched marketing campaigns on social media and called on residents to
buy mangos in Sydney and Melbourne.
Consumers will also
have a chance to win prizes such as Vietnamese coffee branded Dr. Nam.
In the first four months of this
year, Vietnam exported mangos worth 275,000 USD to Australia.
Since 2019, green
mangos have been chosen by the office to step up marketing, together with frozen
durian, rice and other farm produce. In 2020, green mango exports to Australia
doubled the volume in the previous year.
In the first five months of 2021, Vietnam’s farm produce exports to Australia surged by 51 percent
year-on-year to over 34 million USD./.