Japanese experts to arrive in Vietnam to examine lychee exports
Japanese experts are set to arrive in Vietnam on June 3 to examine and supervise phytosanitary measures for the lychees destined for the Northeast Asian market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
A farmer harvests lychees in Phuc Hoa commune of Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Japanese experts are set to arrive inVietnam on June 3 to examine and supervise phytosanitary measures for thelychees destined for the Northeast Asian market, according to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The ministry said under regulations on COVID-19prevention and control, foreigners arriving in Vietnam must be kept inquarantine for 14 days. However, since the lychee harvest time lasts for onlyone month, in June, it proposed Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of thenational steering committee for anti-COVID-19, allow Japanese experts to beexempted from the mandatory quarantine so that the Vietnamese fruit can beexported in line with Japan’s requirements.
The MARD noted it will coordinate withauthorities of Bac Giang and Hai Duong, two lychee farming hubs in Vietnam, toensure preventive measures for the disease during the experts’ stay in thenorthern provinces.
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestryand Fisheries (MAFF) requested that their experts must come to Vietnam toexamine and supervise phytosanitary measures and treatment for each batch oflychees, and only those recognised to be eligible by them can be shipped toJapan.
This year will mark the first time fresh lycheesof Vietnam enter the demanding market of Japan.
Over the last four years, the MARD has workedwith the MAFF to conduct testing and negotiations to pave the way for theexport./.
The northern province of Bac Giang has granted cultivation area codes to many orchards growing lychee for export to Japan this year, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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A farmer harvests lychees in Phuc Hoa commune of Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA) 
