According to Le Van Thiet, deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department, China has allowed piloting the import of Vietnamese passion fruit into Guangdong province via its border gates with Vietnam’s Lang Son and Quang Ninh provinces. The fruit must have growing area and packaging codes and meet food safety standards, among other criteria.

Many Vietnamese fruits are getting final negotiation steps done to enter new markets.

Vietnam’s negotiation for exporting durian to China also entered the final phase, with the sides working to complete a protocol regulating related plantations, codes of distributors, and diseases control.

Meanwhile, the US has already permitted the import of six Vietnamese fruits. The two sides are in their final step of negotiation for the fruit to enter the US market based on American consumers' demand.

For the Japanese market, which has accepted Vietnam’s dragon fruit, lychee, and mango, the Plant Protection Department is negotiating the export of local longan using a new cold processing method.

In order to catch opportunities, many localities are preparing growing areas and material sources. Notably, Gia Lai has made passion fruit one of its four key fruits. By 2025, the Central Highlands province plans to increase its passion fruit plantation to 20,000ha from the current 4,000ha.

Ho Chi Minh City hosts first-ever fruit festival

A fruit festival kicked off along Binh Dong wharf in District 8 of Ho Chi Minh City on May 28, part of efforts in building waterway tourism products in the southern economic hub.

“Fruit garden of Vietnam” on display at Italy’s Macfrut trade fair

Vietnamese agricultural products are on display at Macfrut 2022: Fruit and Vegetable Professional Show held in the city of Rimini, Italy from May 4 - 6.

Vietnam’s frozen sapodilla fruit promoted in Australia

Vietnam’s frozen sapodilla was the highlight at a trade promotion event held by the Vietnam Consulate General in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, and the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia at Paddington Market in Sydney on April 30.

High lychee fruit bearing rate thanks to favorable weather condition

(BGO) - The favorable weather condition this year helps lychee have high flowering and fruit bearing rate in Bac Giang province particularly over 95 percent for early ripening lychee and 75 percent for main lychee season (3-5 percent higher than the figure last year), reported the provincial Plant Production and Protection Division.

Expectation of a fruitful lychee season in Bac Giang

About 160,000 tonnes of Bac Giang lychee is scheduled to be sold on the market in 2022. Promoting exports to major markets will be one of the important consumption orientations Bac Giang is pursuing.

Source: NDO/VNA