The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are working together to discuss solutions to make the most of opportunities from rising global demand for rice, fruit and vegetables to expand exports sustainably.
As fruit and vegetable exports to China face difficulties, many Vietnamese enterprises have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in systems and processing plants to sell their products in Europe and the US.
Viet Nam will have many more opportunities to export fruit and vegetables to potential markets in 2022, providing local producers meet international standards on quality and management of growing regions.
Fruit and vegetable exports are unlikely to hit the target of US$4-5 billion set for this year, according to the Viet Nam Fruit and Vegetables Association.
Viet Nam’s exports of farm products, fruits and vegetables in particular, have been rising consistently. But they are exported mainly as raw and fresh items, offering low value addition.
Viet Nam imported fruit and vegetables worth US$1.43 billion in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.1 per cent, according to statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in US$3.13 billion from exports in August, raising the total value in the first eight months of this year to $25.7 billion, up 7.3 per cent year-on-year.
Vietnamese fruit is making its presence felt in the Japanese market, with the country registering a turnover of US$170 million in 2017 through the export of fruits and vegetables, a year-on-year increase of 70 per cent.
Viet Nam''s fruit and vegetables export will continue to enjoy good
growth this year, according to the Viet Nam Fruit and Vegetables
Association (Vinafruit).