The target to reach US$10 billion from exports of vegetables and fruits can be fulfilled in the future despite a downtrend in the area due to industrialisation, urbanisation and other factors.
Exports of vegetable and fruits fetched more than US$1.5 billion in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year decline of 14.5 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Links between farmers and enterprises are weak in the southern province of Tay Ninh, making it difficult to add value to local farm produce, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Exports of vegetables and fruits in January this year soared 63.3 per cent year-on-year in turnover to reach US$383.7 million, statistics from the General Department of Customs showed.
Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports reached a record $3.5 billion for year-on-year growth of 43.02 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Even as local farmers contend with falling prices and struggle to sell their produce, the country is spending billions of dollars buying imported agricultural products.
The export value of vegetables and fruits is estimated at US$1.7 billion in the first half of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 45 per cent.
Viet Nam expects to achieve US$3 billion as its total export value of vegetables and fruits this year, exceeding the vegetable and fruit industry’s target of $2.4 billion.
Unhygienic food and the overuse of plant protection and stimulants on
vegetables and fruits are major obstacles to guaranteeing food safety
and exporting Vietnamese vegetables and fruits to foreign markets.