Vietnam: Fruit and vegetable exports to reach $3 billion this year
2016 witnessed impressive growth in the export value of vegetables and fruits, as a result of which their export value exceeded their export value of rice.
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable products were exported to 60 countries and territories, but trade promotion and steps to maintain the freshness of these products have not been developed according to expectations, the association said.
Vietnamese vegetable and fruit products remained fresh only for a few days, the association said, adding that it expected that a contribution from the state’s credit package worth VND100 trillion for hi-tech agriculture would create favourable conditions for the development of processing technology for Vietnamese vegetable and fruit products.
He expected that after processing, Vietnam’s major fruit products, such as dragon fruit and longan, could be kept fresh longer than the current period of 1-2 months.
source: english.vietnamnet.vn
