SOURCE: Vietnam Net Dragon fruit prices have fallen off a cliff after the impasse at the China border due to COVID-19 fears held up Vietnamese trucks laden with various goods since late of last year. Pham Kim Lam, a farmer in Ham Thuan Bac District, said the current dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Vietnam exported more than 600,000 tonnes of mangoes worth US$310 million to 53 countries and territories last year, up by almost half from 2020. They went to Russia, the US, South Korea, the EU, Australia, and China among others, with shipments to difficult markets like Japan triplingContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Vietnam has completed negotiations on quarantine and is waiting for a licence on the official export of durian to China. This will help Vietnamese durian have sustainable consumption, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. China is still the largest export market of Vietnamese durian,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Nguyen Tien, Saigon Online On the morning of December 30, a representative of the Binh Thuan Province Dragon Fruit Association said that right after the Chinese market announced to temporarily halt the import of dragon fruit from Vietnam from December 29, 2021, to the end of January 26, 2022,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet Dragon fruit industry sweats on 300,000 tonnes of fruit as harvest nears and China restricts trade China’s decision to restrict dragon fruit imports from Vietnam has left growers with around 300,000 tonnes of nearly ripe fruit and a lack of buyers. According to a report fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam+ When the lychee harvest time of 2021 came, Bac Giang was still a COVID-19 epicentre with thousands of infection cases. Striving to concurrently fight against the pandemic and promote lychee sale, this northern province took flexible and creative measures to secure a successful crop. A lychee crop withContinue Reading
SOURCE: Van Phuc, Saigon Online Dragon fruits are classified as a key export fruit product and often in the groups of commodities in Vietnam registered export sales of more than US$1 billion each. Despite the fact Vietnamese dragon fruit has access to several global markets, including China, Thailand and Indonesia,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Net Vegetables and fruits are considered a bright spot in the picture of Vietnam’s agricultural exports in the first months of this year. Many forecasts show that this export sector will have many development opportunities. The current issue is removing bottlenecks from the stage of storage and processingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Asia News Network, Phnom Penh Post Vietnam’s agricultural sector has determined to improve quality to meet import market standards and achieve the export target of $10 billion by 2030. Vietnam Vegetables Association secretary-general Dang Phuc Nguyen said new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) such as the EU-Vietnam Free Trade AgreementContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam News The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has granted a Geographical Indication (GI) certificate to lychees grown in Lục Ngạn District in the northern province of Bắc Giang, making it the first Vietnamese product to obtain the certificate in Japan, according to the provincial newsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam + More than 14,000 tonnes of dragon fruit were exported to China from February 10-17 (the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday) through border gates in the northern province of Lao Cai, according to the provincial Border Gate Customs Sub-Department. Lao Cai authorities, including customs, border guards, and medicalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Carl Collen, Fruitnet Vietnam’s dragon fruit exports fell 10 per cent for the January-November period of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit hard. According to a Vietnam News Agency report, the fall did not stop the fruit dominating the country’s fruit exports, with over USD 1bn in shipments duringContinue Reading