All customers’ feedback on the website of Australia's largest supermarket chain, Woolworths, rated five stars for the frozen dragon fruit from Vietnam.

Vietnamese dragon fruit sold at Thai Kee supermarket in Sydney, Australia.

Meanwhile, the Coles and MCQ supermarket chains are selling fresh Vietnamese dragon fruit all year round.

Director of the HoaAustralia company said dragon fruit is a strategic product of the company to distribute along the coastal cities of Australia, adding that there were times its supply had not met demand.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia has intensified its activities to promote the fruit in 2020 and 2021.

Since the beginning of 2021, three promotion activities have been held and the export value of Vietnamese dragon fruit to Australia has grown nearly 85% year on year.

Son La exports 10 tonnes of red-flesh dragon fruit to Russia

The northern mountainous province of Son La held a ceremony in Thuan Chau district on August 20 to export 10 tonnes of red-flesh dragon fruit to Russia.

Made-in-Vietnam satellite NANODRAGON to be launched into orbit before March 2022

Product of the “Nano-class satellite development, launch and trial operation” project, under the “National Science and Technology Programme on space technology from 2016 to 2020”

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite completes final tests in Japan

On August 17, micro-satellite NanoDragon, developed and built by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC), was officially transferred to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, General Director of VNSC.

Conference seeks ways to boost export of Vietnamese dragon fruit to India and Pakistan

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted an online matching business conference on August 5 to seek ways to boost the export of Vietnamese dragon fruit products to India and Pakistan.

Vietnamese dragon fruit gains favour in Australia

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is organising a Vietnamese dragon fruit week in large Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to promote the export of the fruit.

Source: NDO/VNA