During the period, Vietnam shipped over 468,000 tonnes of mango to China, equivalent to 112 percent of last year’s figure; 348,000 tonnes of banana, 87%; 301,000 tonnes of jackfruit, 92 percent; and 1.1 million tonnes of dragon fruit, 63%.

A worker handles lychees for export at a factory in Thanh Xa commune of Thanh Ha district, Hai Duong province.

The Nong nghiep Vietnam (Agriculture of Vietnam) Newspaper cited Hoang Trung, Director of the Plant Protection Department, as saying that China has long been the main importer of Vietnamese farm produce, and although Vietnam is working hard to diversify export markets, this could not be done overnight.

Given this, China will remain the largest buyer of Vietnamese agro-forestry-fishery products in the time to come, he noted.

As China has set increasingly strict standards for agricultural imports from other countries, since 2018, the Plant Protection Department has coordinated with localities, businesses, and cooperatives nationwide to meet the importer’s requirements.

Within three years, Vietnam granted 3,400 production unit codes for many products to serve different export markets. In particular, 1,703 production unit codes were given to farming areas and 1,776 others for packaging facilities in order to meet requirements for exports to the Chinese market, Trung said.

The country has been maintaining smooth exports of several key fruits via official channels to China such as mango, banana, dragon fruit, longan, lychee, jackfruit, and water melon.

The two sides have reached consensus on plant quarantine solutions for sweet potato and durian while pomelo, passion fruit, and coconut are among those awaiting negotiations, the official added.

Regarding the competition from Thai and Cambodian rivals in the Chinese market, which is normal in an open economy, Trung said it will encourage businesses and farmers to cooperate with one another more strongly and professionally so as to improve product quality, reduce production cost, and boost the competitiveness of Vietnamese goods in the global market.

Vietnamese food, farm produce displayed at international exhibition in Japan

Nearly 20 Vietnamese businesses are showcasing products at the 46th International Food and Beverage Exhibition (Foodex Japan 2021), which kicked off in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba on March 9

Bac Giang supports linkages between production and consumption of farm produce

(BGO)- Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Bac Giang province has sent an official correspondence to request the departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Planning and Investment and people’s committee of the districts and city to concentrate on implementation of the Resolution of the provincial People’s Council on supporting linkages between production and consumption of farm produce in the province.

Linkage in production and farm produce consumption in year end season

(BGO) – To prepare for Lunar New Year Festival, the farmers in many localities across Bac Giang province have focused on producing safe farm produce. Notably, many businesses, cooperatives have coordinated with farmers to form the production and consumption chain.  

Workshop disseminates EVFTA opportunities for farm produce exports

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) in coordination with the Export-Import Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held a workshop on November 5 to provide businesses with a better insight into the core contents of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in agriculture as well as support mechanisms.

Bac Giang’s key farm produce sold at supermarkets across nation

(BGO) – According to the competent agencies, 21 groups of products with 108 key farm produce in the northern province of Bac Giang have been sold at several supermarket systems like Big C, Hapro, Fivimart, Vinmart, Aone, Beehub, Co.opmart; many chains of convenience stores and safe food stores in the provinces and cities nationwide.

Source: NDO/VNA