The Jrai ethnic group in the central highlands province of Gia Lai has embraced VietGAP standards for growing durians, enhancing both economic efficiency and the quality of their produce.

Vietnam’s export revenue of vegetables and rice in the first 10 months of this year surpassed the figure reported in the whole 2022 by 2 billion USD, reaching a record amount of 8.9 billion USD.

Despite suffering a year-on-year decrease of 11.1% in the first five months of 2023, agro-forestry-aquatic product exports are expected to rebound in the remaining months of this year thanks to recovery momentum in main export markets, insiders said.

With advantages in geographical proximity and year-round supply, durians are expected to be a major hard currency earner when the fruit is exported to China through official channels from July 11, 2022.

Many Vietnamese fruits are getting final negotiation steps done to enter new markets, with passion fruit approved by China and green-skin pomelo on the way to the US.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta have entered the peak fruit harvesting season, with bumper harvests and high selling prices.

The Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) of Thailand revealed that Thai exports rose by 12.3 percent in April due to a higher demand for farm produce.

Tien Giang has replaced rice by fruit trees in over 2,300ha of land since the start of the year, said Cao Van Hoa, Acting Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.