Vietnam has successfully entered many markets after years of negotiations, including choosy ones such as the US, Chile, Japan, Taiwan and New Zealand, according to Le Van Thiet, deputy director of the Plant Protection Agency.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Cabinet members to give feedback on the 2018 growth scenario, in the aim of reaching growth of at least 6.7 pct this year, higher than the 6.5 pct assigned by the National Assembly.

Vietnam exported up to 520,000 tonnes of coffee worth US$1 billion in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 15.1 per cent in volume but a decrease of 1.7 per cent in value compared to the same period last year.

'For rambutans to gain access to a strict market like New Zealand is a positive sign for Vietnamese agriculture.'

Vietnam is a market with vast potential for Russian companies to foster cooperation and facilitate trade exchanges, this is the view of Russian firms at the Vietnam-Russia Business Forum held by the Russian Export Centre (REC) in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10.

The northern provinces of Bắc Giang, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương and Sơn La have proposed boosting exports of litchi and longan to foreign markets, including China.

Vietnam’s tra fish exporters can still access the US market despite the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s imposition of high anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese tra fish, said Secretary General of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe.

Vietnam’s exports to China surged about 15 times to $50.6 billion over the past decade.

A number of discerning foreign markets have accepted fruit and vegetable imports from Vietnam, opening up opportunities for the country to increase farm produce exports.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has suggested China’s Guangxi consider building a cooperation agreement with Vietnam in the domains of economics, trade, industry and investment, thus further promoting partnerships among the two countries’ enterprises.

Vietnam earned some US$2.4 billion from its exports of aquatic products over the first four months of 2018, representing a year-on-year rise of 13 per cent. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in April alone, the country hauled in US$650 million from the export of aquatic products.

Vietnamese seafood exports to the European Union last month crashed over a shortage in EU-compliant raw materials, the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.