Vietnam targets exporting fruits worth over US$5 billion by 2025 and roughly US$6.5 billion by 2030, according to a project recently approved by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) said in a recent article that a number of fruits grown in Vietnam have successfully entered high value and challenging markets.
Vietnam has great potential to increase fruit exports to the US in the future, said Hoang Trung, director of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vice-Chairman of Krong Pak District Farmers' Association in Dak Lak Province Nguyen Thanh Hai, on March 18, said that the Intellectual Property Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology had granted a collective trademark registration certificate for Krong Pac Durian.
Recently, the export of dragon fruits of Binh Thuan Province through the Chinese market encountered many difficulties because the Northern border gates constantly closed and stopped customs clearance. Currently, dragon fruits are difficult to sell, although the selling price is extremely low, only from VND500-VND2,000 per kg.
The Government has just submitted a support package of VND350 trillion (US$15.43 billion) for socio-economic recovery and development to the National Assembly. This is the largest stimulus package in history up to this point, with the expectation that the entire economy will overcome the pandemic, ensuring that no one is left behind.
According to information from the office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on the morning of August 9, the volume of Vietnamese Ri6 durian is currently not enough for sale in the Australian market, although the price is equivalent to VND320,000 per kilogram or more.
The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is organizing a Vietnamese dragon fruit week in large Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to promote the export of the fruit.
The prices of Thai jackfruits, Taiwanese green mangoes, and pineapples in the Mekong Delta plunged simultaneously, causing many households to fall into reduced circumstances because of losses.
There would be an abundance of avocados as the growing area of avocado trees has been increasing rapidly, the Department of Crop Production made the warning at an international conference on October 27.
Mr. Hoang Trung, Director of the Department of Plant Protection, said that if nothing changes, from now to the end of this year, the US will complete the procedures to allow the export of Vietnamese pomelos to this market. At the same time, the US grapefruits will also be approved for import by Vietnam. Then the two countries will discuss the opening for other types of fruits.
To deal with the situation that some enterprises "borrow" the codes of fruit-growing areas of other establishments to complete the export documents, affecting the reputation and the image of Vietnamese fruits, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has just sent a dispatch to the People's Committee of provinces, municipalities, and functional units under the ministry, proposing to strengthen supervision and management on growing-area codes and fruit packing establishments.
The consumption of lychees this year has continuously faced difficulties as the traditional export market of lychees still tightens control on imports to prevent the Covid-19 pandemic while new export markets have announced import postponement.
According to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fruit market has been fairly vibrant with the supply of fruits tending to increase to meet the demand during the festive season.
Every year, the situation of fruits and agricultural products being jammed at Northern border gates usually happens before lunar New Year. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have recently put forward recommendations to prevent that situation from recurring this year.
