Thanks to high demand, Northern Europe is a promising land for Vietnamese agricultural products, according to experts who also underlined the need for domestic firms to ensure product standards to win this potential market.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese exports in August enjoyed growth of 7.7% compared to the previous month, indicating that solutions to trade promotion and market search of local enterprises has produced positive results whilst there remains opportunities and potential markets for Vietnamese exports ahead in the rest of the year.

With the ongoing recovery momentum of agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in recent months, the export turnover of the sector is expected to enjoy a rebound and achieve growth again from the fourth quarter, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

Vietnam earned some US$15.66 billion from agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in the first four months of 2023, down 13.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnamese seafood are being introduced at the Seafood Expo Global that is underway in Barcelona, Spain from April 25-27.

Thanks to better input material supply and the application of a closed production process, the Tra fish (pangasius) industry is expected to overcome difficulties and become profitable again in the third quarter of this year, according to analysts.

VOV.VN - As of mid-February, Vietnamese Tra fish (pangasius) exports to the Brazilian market reached US$10.5 million, an annual decline of 51%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese seafood exports to the UK have maintained a high growth rate of 22% during the first two months of the year despite an annual fall of between 18% and 50% in 10 other large markets globally, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Products of the processing and manufacturing industry of Vietnam now have great chances to enjoy stronger export to the UAE, which has high demand for imports.

A Chinese trader has imported 500 containers of tra fish weighing 12,000 tonnes from Vietnam right after China’s lifting of its zero-COVID policy, showing a positive signal for the sector this year.