SOURCE: KINH TẾ, PLO TRANSLATION: Produce Report A number of banana stalls have recently sprouted up on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, with vendors selling bananas originally intended for export at a low price of 6,000 Vietnamese dong ($0.24) per kilogram. The bananas are said to originate fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dy Tung, VNExpress Vietnamese fresh and dried banana exports to Japan and South Korea hit $6.6 million and $4.1 million respectively last year, accounting for 0.6% and 1.3% of the countries’ market shares. Vietnam can increase exports if local firms improve banana quality and packaging, and conduct more marketingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Le Nguyen, Voa News As Vietnamese durian farmers celebrate the opening of trade with China, experts are cautioning against becoming reliant on a market that can disappear if consumer tastes change or long-running friction between Beijing and Hanoi erupts again over competing claims to the South China Sea. “TheContinue Reading
SOURCE: Elizabeth McCauley, Lilian Manansala, and Ryan Bieber / INSIDER Fuwa Biotech ferments pineapple waste to make natural soap, detergent, toilet cleaner, and more. The company says its products are better for the planet than industrial cleaning agents and detergents. Early research suggests the enzymes and acids in fermented fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hong Chau, VN EXpress Jackfruit prices have increased 6-7 times over the same period last year as traders step up their purchases of the fruit for export, mainly to China. According to surveys carried out in the southern province of Dong Nai and the Mekong Delta provinces of AnContinue Reading
SOURCE: Thi Ha, VN Express Vietnamese dragon fruit is at risk of oversupply, while durian prices will likely plummet as China, the local fruits’ largest importer, continues growing an increasing amount of the two trees. Late last month, China announced its dragon fruit output had reached 1.6 million tons aContinue Reading
SOURCE: Shannon Stone, Griffith News Griffith University has been helping farmers and co-operatives in Binh Thuan Province train for export expansion to Australia. The province has historically concentrated on the export and distribution of dragon fruit across South-East Asia, but key stakeholders are now looking to expand to wholesalers andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The northern province of Bac Giang is building trademarks for local farm produce with an aim of reaching more markets, toward raising the value of agro-forestry produce export by an average 8% a year to reach about 200 million USD by 2030, reported the provincial People’s Committee.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Food World TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to the National Animal and Plant Health and Epidemiology and Quarantine Consulting Office (SPS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the General Administration of Customs of China issued a document agreeing to import passion fruit from Vietnam in a pilotContinue Reading
SOURCE: Far Eastern Agriculture According to Le Thanh Tung, deputy director of the department of crop production (Vietnamese Ministry of agriculture and rural development), the output of Southern key fruit trees in 2022 is estimated at over 7.3 million tonnes. Specifically, the output for the first 6 months of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Roy G, Produce Report China’s domestic banana production area has decreased in recent years, and overall output is low. To fill the gap in the domestic market, China has increased its imports of bananas, with Vietnam the primary supplier. In 2017, China imported a total of 1.04 million tonsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is seeking to expand the areas under various fruits to help increase farmers’ incomes and exports. The country’s largest fruit-growing province has 14,000ha under durian in Cai Lay and Cai Be districts and Cai Lay town, 9,000ha under dragon fruitContinue Reading