SOURCE: Nhan Dan Vietnam earned US$3.26 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 13%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported. Exports were down because many items with high export value saw volumes fall sharply, such as dragon fruit, which accounts forContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus Bac Giang province has worked with the Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and exporting enterprises to prepare documents, conduct surveys, and issue codes for a planting area of 50 hectares of “thieu” litchi, for export to Japan. On harvest day, ViContinue Reading
SOURCE: Luciana Viegas, IAEA “Irradiated for freshness” written across a juicy mango may raise some eyebrows, but the label has guaranteed Viet Nam exports worth US$20 million a year to the United States. Using irradiation to disinfest fruit is gaining traction in the premium produce trade, and Viet Nam, withContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted local agricultural products and exports, especially to China, disrupting agricultural value chains and posing risks to farming households. According to Dr Đào Thế Anh, deputy director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the most affected agricultural products are fresh fruits, vegetablesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Saigon News Online Strengthening the connection with overseas Vietnamese businesses in the US is seen as a good opportunity to link and develop distribution channels of specialty products of Vietnam in general, and the Mekong Delta, in particular, to a potential market like the US. According to Mr. BuiContinue Reading
SOURCE: BW Businessworld Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau has urged the Indian government to create favourable conditions, remove tariff and non-tariff barriers, and simplify administrative procedures in order to facilitate the two countries’ access to each other’s markets. During a virtual seminar, “Fruits and food: New trade opportunitiesContinue Reading
The export of Vietnamese fresh fruit to the US will resume this week following the interruption since early August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
Vietnamese fruit exporters have not been able to ship to the U.S. for days due to a lack of officials to inspect the safety of their products.Continue Reading
The first 16 tonnes of longan grown in Hai Duong province have been exported to Singapore, and could also vie for Australia and Europe soon. Continue Reading
Top End mango growers are considering whether it’s worthwhile to send their early-season green mangoes to southern markets, with Vietnamese imports more than doubling this year.Continue Reading
Thuan Chau district in the northern province of Son La held a ceremony on July 23 to export 10 tonnes of red dragon fruit to the Russian market.Continue Reading
Philippines, one of the most badly hit countries by COVID-19 pandemic across Asia, may see a decline in banana exports moving forward, thanks to the government’s failure to contain the deadly and highly contagious virus.Continue Reading