The Plant Protection Department has urged local authorities and relevant agencies to strengthen the inspection and monitoring of durian cultivation areas and export packing facilities following a warning from China.
Economic and trade cooperation is a highlight in Việt Nam - China relations, showing strong and steady growth, said Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in China Nông Đức Lai in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
China imports over 90 per cent of Việt Nam''s durians, but recently, fraudulent activities involving planting area codes and packaging facility codes have emerged.
According to Vinafruit, the total area of fruit cultivation nationwide has expanded significantly, reaching nearly 1.25 million hectares in 2023, a 1.6-fold increase from 10 years ago.
The Plant Protection Department received GACC’s warnings and asked enterprises which owned these violating shipments to comply with the regulations on origin tracing, recalling and handling.
Durian became the top export fruit of Việt Nam with a revenue of $2.2 billion, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the country’s total fruit and vegetables export and playing a key role in helping the sector set a...
Vietnamese fresh durian is exported to 24 markets, and the frozen fruit to 23 markets. In the first eight months of this year, Việt Nam exported over 300,000 tonnes of fresh durian.
A ceremony was held in the southern province of Dong Nai on Friday to announce the export of the first batch of durian this year in accordance with a protocol signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and...
China has approved another 47 farming area codes and 18 packaging facility codes for importing durian from Viet Nam, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The export of Vietnamese durian to China through the official channel since September 2022 opened up a new prospect for Viet Nam''s fruit and vegetable industry.
There have been no cooperatives, businesses and individuals in Can Tho granted the codes so far. However, the sub-department has received six registration dossiers.