Fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to continue going smooth in the time ahead thanks to abundant domestic supply and foreign markets’ growing demand.

Vietnamese exports received a sweet boost on June 24 with the presence of its red and yellow-fleshed dragon fruits at the grand opening of Spinneys, a high-end supermarket chain from the United Arab Emirates.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports in the first two months of this year surged nearly 40% to almost 750 million USD, which is expected to peak at about 7 billion USD this year.

Arranging a five-fruit tray during the Lunar New Year celebration is a long-standing tradition in Vietnam.

Vietnamese cuisine continues to shine internationally, having secured the 22nd spot on the 100 “best cuisines in the world” list as voted by readers of the food magazine TasteAtlas.

The Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association (VINAFRUIT) estimated that Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports will top 5.5 - 5.6 billion USD, which is a new record, in 2023.

Fruit and vegetable exports have hit a new record and forecast to bring home over 5.5 billion USD in 2023.

A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 29 to discuss ways for securing sustainable dragon fruit development in Vietnam amid uncertainties in global markets.

The Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam SPS Office) has not received any warning from the UK about dragon fruit exported from Vietnam that it violates food safety regulations, said deputy director of the agency Ngo Xuan Nam.

An innovative e-traceability system to track the origin and carbon footprints of each dragon fruit have been introduced at a conference in the south-central province of Binh Thuan.

Australia has so far opened its market for four kinds of fresh fruit from Vietnam - dragon fruit, lychee, mango and longan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Trade activities via Lao Cai border gate in the northern border province of Lao Cai reached nearly 186 million USD in the first quarter of this year, according to the local customs agency.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced that the country's total export value of dragon fruit so far this year topped 47 million USD, a fall of 48.7% compared to the same period las year.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable brands face the threat of being pilfered, along with requirements regarding the protection of plant varieties in export markets.

Vietnamese agricultural products have enjoyed bustling export to China since the country reopened its border on January 8.

The export of dragon fruit, banana and durian is expected to contribute 2 billion USD to the country’s export turnover in 2023.

As many as seven Vietnamese fruits have now been able to make inroads into the US market.

Vietnam’s key agricultural and fishery products, including cashew nuts, pepper, coffee, tea, lychee, logan, dragon fruit, frozen shrimp and fish, are on display at SIAL Interfood 2022 that opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 9.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is working to accelerate the granting of planting area codes to more than 80,000 hectares of fruit trees which yield over 1.5 million tonnes of fruits each year.

After over five years of negotiations, the US Department of Agriculture has officially licensed the import of fresh pomelo from Vietnam.