A lot of agricultural products have been shipped to difficult markets like Japan, the Republic of Korea and Australia after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, giving exporters hope for a successful year.
Processing aloe vera for export at GC Food Company in Dong Nai province (Photo tuoitre.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - A lot of agricultural products have been shipped to difficult markets like Japan, the Republic of Korea and Australia after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, giving exporters hope for a successful year.
Nguyen Van Thu, director of GC Food Company in Dong Nai province, said his firm shipped a container of aloe vera and coconut jelly on the first day after the holidays, which ended on February 6.
He targets total export value of 350 billion VND (15.2 million USD) this year, up 67 percent from 2021.
"To achieve the plan, our company will build one more agricultural produce freezing factory at a cost of 100 billion VND to improve preservation of goods for export to markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Middle East."
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Processing aloe vera for export at GC Food Company in Dong Nai province (Photo tuoitre.vn) 
