Vietnamese farm produce makes inroads into foreign markets

Thursday, 17:33, 18/04/2019

VOV.VN - A wide variety of Vietnamese farm produce such as maccas, mangoes, dragon fruits, rambutans, longans, lychees, and star apples have enjoyed making inroads into foreign markets in recent years.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with Dong Thap province People’s Committee and Chanh Thu Import-Export Fruit Co, Ltd., held a ceremony on April 18, 2019 to unveil the export of the first ever batch of Vietnamese mangoes to the United States. (Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) Newspaper)

A total of eight tons of Vietnamese mangoes are to be exported to the US for the first time following ten years of negotiations. (Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper)

Dong Thap could be the area that benefits most from the foreign consumers' interest in Vietnamese farm produce. The locality has the largest cultivation area in the Mekong Delta region with nearly 10,000 hectares and has an output of nearly 127,000 tons. (Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper)

Vietnamese mangoes are currently exported to 40 nations around the globe including Europe, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand (Photo: Tien Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper)

Mangoes are the country’s sixth fresh fruit to be licensed for export to the US market after dragon fruits, rambutans, longans, lychees, and star apples. (Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper)

Dragon fruits were the first fresh fruit to be exported to foreign markets in 2008

Rambutans began being exported in 2011

Lychees penetrated foreign markets in 2014

Star apples began making inroads in 2017. (Photo: Zing)

Macca fruit of the central highlands of Lam Dong have recently penetrated the markets of the Republic of Korea and Singapore.(Photo: maccalamdong.vn)

Viet Green Macca Joint Stock Company in Duc Trong district, Lam Dong, exported 10 tons of finished macca to the Republic of Korea and Singapore in March. (Photo: maccalamdong.vn)