Vietnam’s agro-fishery exports to Japan in focus
A seminar on monitoring the hygiene of Vietnam’s agro-fishery exports was held in Tokyo on March 6 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and the ASEAN–Japan Centre.
At the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung expressed hope that the two countries’ Governments and businesses will work closely together to increase Vietnam’s exports to Japan, especially farm produce and seafood.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Dang Khoa said since Vietnam and Japan signed the economic partnership agreement on investment protection and trade and service liberalisation in 2008, 86 percent of Vietnam’s exports to Japan have enjoyed preferential tariffs.
Vietnam is sparing no effort to perfect the management of food quality, hygiene and safety based on risk analysis and universal supervision, Khoa said.
As one of the world’s leading agro-fishery exporters, Vietnam has shipped its products to 160 countries, earning US$27.5 billion last year. Its total shipment to Japan alone exceeded US$2 billion, Khoa added.
Participants in the event were informed of the food hygiene and safety laws issued by the Vietnam National Assembly which took effect in July, 2011.