Among the various Vietnamese goods exported to Australia, agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products, along with fruits and vegetables, still have much room to grow. They are now widely available in Australia, even reaching remote areas such as the Northern Territory.
Vietnam's fruit and vegetable sector aims to achieve 8 billion USD in export revenue in 2025, building on significant market expansion and sound growth, according to the Vietnam Fruits and Vegetables Association (VINAFRUIT).
Vietnam’s aquatic exports are expected to exceed the annual target of 10 billion USD on the back of strong demand from major markets, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Vietnamese businesses need to improve the quality of their products, and better corporate governance to promote exports to Japan which has high demands for Vietnamese garments and textiles, fine arts, farm produce and food, among others, experts said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.
A delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) led by Deputy Director of the ministry’s Agency of Foreign Trade Tran Quoc Toan and representatives from 19 Vietnamese rice exporters paid a working visit to Beijing, China, to promote Vietnamese rice exports to this market.
It is pressing for Vietnam to complete a national system for origin tracing as the market has increasing demand for transparency of product quality and origin tracing was becoming mandatory for products to enter foreign markets, according to Nguyen Hoang Linh, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality.
Vietnamese enterprises should dig into new technologies to improve product quality and brands so as to better engage in the global value chains, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.
Enterprises in export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial parks (IPs) should use high technologies to better manage manufacturing processes and improve product quality.
Experts have suggested Vietnamese enterprises improve product quality standards to overcome barriers imposed by the fastidious yet promising EU market, thus optimising the advantages to be generated from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
The Government has submitted a proposal to the National Assembly to extend the agricultural land tax exemption policy to the end of 2025 to support farmers and encourage the development of agriculture.
Free trade agreements (FTA), including the latest one signed between Vietnam and the EU, will benefit the domestic fertilizer sector, with more diverse import and export markets, experts said.
HCM City will continue to work with southwestern cities and provinces to ensure an adequate supply of goods at stable prices, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.
Thailand and Vietnam will achieve the target of raising two-way trade value to 20 billion USD in 2020, Thai Trade Counsellor to Vietnam Pannakarn Jiamsuchon said in an interview granted to the Cong Thuong (Industry-Trade) newspaper.
Exporters need to pay attention to sustainability standards since today’s consumers want to know the conditions in which products supplied for them were made, heard the Vietnam Export Promotion Forum.