Vietnamese farm produce seeks to reach further in global market
Improving quality is an urgent and long-term solution to help Vietnamese farm produce make inroads into global markets, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
The agricultural sector was able to maintain growth thanks to increases in the export of fruit and vegetable, aquatic products, and forestry products. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Improving quality is anurgent and long-term solution to help Vietnamese farm produce make inroads intoglobal markets, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Xuan Cuong.
He emphasized that quality improvement should beconducted in all industries, particularly in the context of arising technicalbarriers in many import countries and unexpected changes in world trade.
He added that the ministry is negotiating toopen more export markets while maintaining traditional ones and limitingdependence on certain markets.
The ministry is also optimising opportunitiesfrom free trade agreements and focusing on market development forecasts,especially in key markets such as Europe, Japan and China, he added.
According to director of the ministry’s AgroProcessing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade) Nguyen Quoc Toan, theexport turnover of the main agricultural products including rice, coffee andcassava fell 5.6 percent year-on-year to 5.2 billion USD in the first fourmonths of 2019.
However, the agricultural sector was able tomaintain growth thanks to increases in the export of fruit and vegetable (up7.03 percent year on year in January-April to more than 1.4 billion USD), aquaticproducts (up 2.4 percent to 2.48 billion USD), forestry products (up 17.8percent to 3.2 billion USD).
Toan said exports of agro-forestry-fisheryproducts in the next few months are forecast to see more positive changes, butdifficulties and challenges lie ahead, such as stricter technical barriers fromimport markets and global trade volatility.-VNA
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The agricultural sector was able to maintain growth thanks to increases in the export of fruit and vegetable, aquatic products, and forestry products. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) 
