Vietnam eyes 21 billion USD in cultivation exports in 2018
The cultivation sector aims to gross over 21 billion USD in export turnover in 2018, representing a year-on-year rise of 2.2-2.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Hanoi (VNA) – The cultivationsector aims to gross over 21 billion USD in export turnover in 2018,representing a year-on-year rise of 2.2-2.3 percent, according to the Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development.
Localities will continues shifting their plantstructure to grow more profitable crops adaptive to climate change such ascorns, vegetables and fruits and developing aquaculture, especially in thenorthern, south central, and Central Highlands regions.
The Mekong Delta, in particular, will boost theapplication of high technology to create new varieties of fruits, vegetablesand flowers as well as develop processing and post-harvest preservationtechnologies.
This year, the country aims to increase thefruit plant area to about 930,000 hectares and create high added valueproducts. Each locality will develop large-scale fruit areas ensuring goodagricultural practices (GAP) and food safety in addition to high-technologyvegetable and flower production, focusing on major cities.
The agricultural industry will improve ricequality and reduce its production cost via intensive cultivation.
Industrial crop growing areas such as coffee,rubber, tea and cashew nut will be gradually reduced to 645,000 hectares,950,000 hectares, 132,000 hectare and 300,000 hectares, respectively.
Vietnam earned a record of some 3.45 billionUSD from fruit and vegetable exports in 2017, rising by 40.5 percent from lastyear.
China, Japan, the US and the Republic of Koreawere among the biggest importers of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables. - VNA
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Dragon fruits for exports (Photo VNA) 
