General Director of Aeon Topvalu Vietnam Limited Company Yuichiro Shiotani recently called on local firms to do more to meet strict standards in some export markets.

In the coming year, the value of Vietnamese goods sold into modern retail system Aeon Group (Japan) will likely reach 500 million USD and is expected to reach 1 billion USD in the next five years, according to thoibaokinhdoanh.vn.

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However, Shiotani cautioned that Vietnamese suppliers have to invest more in equipment.

Shiotani said once Vietnamese suppliers invest in equipment, they will receive more orders.

As a distributor, Aeon understands the risks businesses face, so he has sent advisers to help businesses invest appropriately in order to receive orders.

Aeon hopes to sign up 2,000-3,000 Vietnamese suppliers which can export products to Aeon’s supermarkets in Japan, Shiotani told thoibaokinhdoanh.vn.

It’s important that Vietnamese manufacturers' production processes meet clean standards, which will require investment, according to Shiotani.

Vo Quan Huy, director of Huy Long An – My Binh Co., Ltd., said that to stabilise exports to picky markets, the State needs to build standards for companies in production development to help them meet criteria set by the purchaser or the standards of the importing country.

According to Huy, firms should be consistent and think for the long-term in meeting standards of importing countries to develop sustainably.

For example, pomelo can be exported to the EU, but some firms have had problems with pesticide residue. To deal with this issue, Huy called for the establishment of a clean growing area to attract enterprises to invest in exports.

Meanwhile, exports of lychees into fastidious markets have improved after firms adopted a clean process. This year, the US Department of Agriculture has granted codes to 18 lychee growing areas in seven communes in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) with a total area of 217.89ha.

On exports to Japan, with many years of experience exporting bananas to the country, Huy said this market consumed a lot but his enterprise was stuck with the problem that workers could not afford to pack bananas in line with Japanese standards.

To conquer a difficult market like Japan, many businesses have decided they must persevere with a clean production process.

In May, Vietnamese firm Seagull Agricultural Development Corporation became the first Vietnamese enterprise granted JAS organic certification by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture - a very strict certification.

To achieve this certification, the company had to spend three years practising standards with clean agricultural production process and had to avoid the overuse of chemicals in farming.

Luc Ngan exports over 42,000 tonnes of lychee

(BGO) – As of June 20, Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) harvested and consumed more than 77,000 tonnes of lychees.

Forestry product exports jump nearly 20 percent in year’s first half

The export of forestry products in the first half of 2019 fetched about 5.3 billion USD, a year-on-year surge of nearly 20 percent, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam farmers enjoy lychee export price surge

The prices of lychee Vietnam exported to China have doubled over last year on the back of a poor harvest in the neighboring country.

1,000 tonnes of lychees ordered to process for export and comsume at supermarket

(BGO) – According to the Department of Industry and Trade, there are 3 enterprises in the northern province of Bac Giang buying the lychee for processing, namely Toan Cau Food Export Import Joint Stock Company (Luc Ngan district), Bac Giang Big C Supermarket and Vifoco Export Import Joint Stock Company (Bac Giang city).

9 tonnes of lychee exported to US and Australia

(BGO) – Cao Van Hoan, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province informed that the first 5-ton and 4-ton batches of lychee were exported to the US and Australia respectively while the promotion campaigns have been done in several markets of Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore…so as to introduce the fruits to the native customers.

Source: VNS/VNA