According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (VINAFRUIT), taking advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) such as the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) is paving the way for businesses to increase revenue from fruit and vegetable exports this year.

Farmers harvest dragon fruit for export.

There are currently many big potential markets for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports such as Egypt, Kuwait, Ukraine, Senegal, and others. In particular, the market with the strongest increase in fruit and vegetable export value is that of Ukraine (up nearly seven times).

China remained the largest importer of Vietnamese fruit and vegetables during the period with a market share of nearly 65%. Fruit and vegetables exports to this market had a good growth rate of more than 16% over the same period last year.

VINAFRUIT said that the UKVFTA will also create a new driving force for economic and trade cooperation between the two sides in the coming time.

Many products that are the strengths of Vietnam such as litchi, longan, rambutan, dragon fruit, pineapple, melon, etc. will have more advantages in market access in the context that fruits from competitive countries such as Brazil, Thailand and Malaysia have yet to establish free trade agreements with this market.

Vietnam stands ready to boost agricultural exports amid Covid-19

The production and consumption of agricultural products will encounter many difficulties amid the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in terms of fruit in harvest season such as lychee and longan.

Plant Protection Department authorized to supervise lychee export to Japan

(BGO) – Amid the complicated development of Covid-19 pandemic, Japan partner authorized Plant Protection Department (PPD) (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) in Vietnam to supervise lychee steaming and sterilization process to export to this market.

Vietnam would continue to be world’s second largest rice exporter: US department

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast that Vietnam would maintain its position as the world’s second biggest rice exporter this year.

Bolstering pork exports

Despite being a country with great pig farming potential – a total pig herd size of more than 27.1 million, Vietnam is still reporting a modest figure in its pork export value (over US$50 million in 2020), according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

300 lychee packing facilities meet condition to export to Chinese market

(BGO) – According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DoARD), Chinese competent agencies have approved to add 11 lychee packing facilities to the list of qualified ones to export to the market, making up total number of packing facilities in Bac Giang province (satisfying food safety hygiene condition in China) up to 300.

Source: NDO