The information was revealed by Minister Walker during his reception on October 27 for Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son to discuss measures bolstering bilateral relations in agriculture.

Chile opens door for Vietnam’s pomelo.

During the reception, Minister Walker spoke highly of Vietnam’s dynamic economic development while expressing his thanks to Vietnam for opening the door to Chile’s cherry. 

The Chilean government wishes to expand cooperation with Vietnam in agriculture, not only in opening markets for farm produce but also in agricultural production and rural development, the Chilean official noted.

For his part, Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son affirmed that the Vietnamese government hopes to strengthen agricultural cooperation with Chile, an important partner of Vietnam in Latin America, especially in the application of science-technology in clean agriculture, climate change adaptation and the mitigation of natural disasters, as well as forest management and exploitation and further collaboration in multilateral mechanisms of which the two countries are signatories, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Quarantine stepped up for fruit exports to US

Timothy Westbrook, an expert from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has completed his Covid-19 quarantine period and began his task at the HCM City-based Son Son irradiation centre.

Fresh fruit and herb processing factory comes into operation in Son La

A fresh fruit and herb processing factory officially came into operation in the Van Ho district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 20.

Ben Tre exports first batch of fruit to EU under EVFTA

The first batch of fruit from Ben Tre sent to the European Union (EU) with a zero tax rate under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was announced on Thursday (Sep 17).

Fruitful work: northern highlands district plucks trademark persimmons

In the northern highlands province of Lang Son, Van Lang District farmers are harvesting the distinctively crispy and sweet Vanh Khuyen persimmons.

Vietnam exports first batch of passion fruit to Europe

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a ceremony in Gia Lai Province on September 16 to announce the export of the first batch of Vietnam-grown passion fruit to Europe under the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Source: NDO