A promotional event was held in New Delhi, India on September 25 for dragon fruits from the south central province of Binh Thuan. It was an effort to expand ties between agricultural exporters from Vietnam and Indian firms.
Present at the event at the India International Centre were Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh; Director of the Binh Thuan Department of Industry and Trade, or the organizer, Do Minh Kinh; President of Indian Importers Chambers of Commerce and Industries Atul Kumar; and Chairman of the Trade Promotion Council of India Mohit Singla, alongside representatives of local enterprises.
Through the event, the Binh Thuan Department of Industry and Trade hopes to introduce and promote dragon fruits, one of the province’s key currency earners in India, and provide a platform for businesses of both sides to meet, said director Kinh.
Dragon fruit is an agriculture staple of Vietnam, with Binh Thuan home to more than 27,000 hectares of the fruit. The fruit has dominated Vietnamese fruit exports in the first four months of 2018, with total exports reaching US$427 million, a year-on-year increase of 9 percent.
En.vietnamplus.vn reported how Binh Thuan produces more than 600,000 tons of dragon fruit annually, making it the country’s largest trading hub of the fruit. Its dragon fruits have been shipped to more than 16 countries and territories.
