Traders in the Mekong Delta region have lately accelerated purchases of farm goods to export to China, causing the prices of much agricultural produce to increase sharply.
Team 5 of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Division of Environmental Crime Prevention and Control (PC05) yesterday informed that it is consolidating necessary documents to handle the case of ‘Trading smuggled food’ of T.N Co., located in District 8.
People refer to the European Union (EU) export market as one market that maintains the highest and most difficult quality standards in the world when dealing with imported goods from other countries.
Exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products increased sharply in the first seven months. According to statistics of the General Department of Customs, by the end of July 15, the total import-export turnover has reached US$403 billion, up 16 percent over the same period. In particular, export turnover alone has reached more than $201 billion.
Nearly 50 percent of vegetables and fruits collected from wholesale markets are contaminated. The news released by the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Management Board came as a great shock to everyone.
Contrary to the deserted scene in the past, in the past few weeks, thanks to the implementation of a month of concentrated promotions, sales at some traditional markets and supermarkets have inched up.
On November 8, the prices of goods at some points of sale and traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City were recorded to have increased compared to a few months ago. Accordingly, prices of vegetables, meat, and fish surged by VND3,000-VND15,000 per kg, depending on the type.
City dwellers throughout the country have got used to social distancing and days of struggle. Many have found new ways to entertain themselves and even to grow their own vegetables.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chau, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Dong Province, said that from August 22 to September 15, Lam Dong Province will send a total of 5,000 tons of vegetables to support Ho Chi Minh City, including many kinds of vegetables and tubers with a long shelf life, such as cabbage, napa cabbage, bean, carrot, potato, gourd, winter melon, cucumber, tomato, kohlrabi, radish, and beetroot.
The Department of Trade Management in Lam Dong Province said about 4,000 tons of vegetables are being delivered from Lam Dong to HCMC on a daily basis.
Due to consecutive storms and floods, large leaf-vegetable gardens were completely destroyed in Da Nang City and Quang Nam Province. Therefore, after the floods, vegetables became scarce, so the prices of vegetables have also skyrocketed.
After a temporary setback due to coronavirus, production of fruit and vegetable in the city of love in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat, and neighboring areas has been recovering. According to the Da Lat Flower Association, flowerhas not been sold because of the Covid-19crisis. Worse, in March and April, just 20 percent – 30 percent of flower was sold.
Amid the context that climate change, saltwater intrusion, and drought-affected negatively the production of rice, many farmers in Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, An Giang, and Dong Thap provinces have actively reduced the rice-growing areas for the cultivation of vegetables and fruit trees, or aquaculture, bringing in high efficiency.
The prices of vegetables, fruits, and seafood at some traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City were still pinned at high levels on February 1 or the eighth day of the first month in the lunar calendar.
Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Industry and Trade Ms. Nguyen Huynh Trang last night led a working delegation to inspect and work with management boards and shopkeepers of Thu Duc and Hoc Mon wholesale markets.