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Troubled pig farming seeks solution in exports

At an urgent meeting held recently to deal with the difficulties facing the pig farming sector as a result of a supply glut and plunging prices, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung emphasized that promoting exports is an important solution.   Vietnam Feed Association President Le Ba Lich said that ASEAN, Japan and China have very high demand for pork imports, and Vietnam should ...

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Vietnam export revenue to South America grows 40 pct per year

The export revenue of Vietnam to South America is growing at an average rate of 30-40% per year, said Ta Hoang Linh, Deputy Director of the Department of Trade Promotion at a seminar in Hanoi on May 24. Footwear is among Vietnamese main export products to South America The seminar on trade promotion to the South American market aimed to assist Vietnamese enterprises in ...

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Optimistic export signals

After a 15-percent increase in first quarter export value, the Ministry of Industry and Trade forecast exports will continue to grow in the second quarter as well.   Price advantages At a recent weekly assembly of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi, director of the ministry’s Import-Export Department, Phan Van Chinh, said exports hit US$17.25 billion in March (up 14.3 percent from ...

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Computers and electronics surpass textiles with exports of $US 8.4 billion

With a continuously high growth rate in export value, computers, electronic products and components have surpassed textiles and garments to become the second largest export commodity group in Vietnam.   Computers and electronics surpass textiles with exports of $US 8.4 billion. This is very noticeable information related to export activities of Vietnam, which has just been informed by the General Department of Vietnam Customs. ...

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High hopes for 2017 vegetable, fruit exports

Vegetable and fruit exports continue to grow in the second quarter of this year, auguring well for the US$3-billion vegetable and fruit export target set for 2017.   Deep processing should be developed to diversify fruit and vegetable exports According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), starting from January 19, 2018, star apple fruits from Vietnam are ...

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Hopeful first quarter results for rice exporters

Preliminary data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show that Vietnam exported 1.29 million tonnes of rice in the first quarter of this year, earning US$565.2 million. In March, 550,722 tonnes were exported bringing in US$251.4 million, up 36.8 percent in volume and 47.2 percent in value compared with February. The March results reflected improvements in rice exports and raised hopes of new ...

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The flip side of Vietnam’s export growth

Vietnamese exports have grown rapidly in the past several years and reached more than US$176 billion in 2016. However, the growth was attributed mostly to quantitative increases, and most products were exported not under Vietnamese brands and therefore generated very low added value.   Photo: Can Dung According to Vietnam Farmers’ Union President Lai Xuan Mon, Vietnam is the world’s largest pepper and cashew ...

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Agricultural-Aquatic-Forestry Exports Up 9.1% in Four Months

  The exports of agricultural-aquatic-forestry products in April was estimated at US$2.9 billion, bringing the total export value in four months to US$10.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Viet Nam gained US$5.8 billion, US$2.1 billion and US$2.5 billion from exporting agricultural, aquatic and forestry products, witnessing respective increases of 12%, 8.2% and 12.1% against ...

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Vietnam’s northern province to export mangoes to Australia

Vietnam’s northern province of Son La will export mangoes to Australia for the first time in May, according to the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Illustrative image (Source: topplus.vn) The department has recently worked with the provincial People’s Committee to build a coordination programme with Agricare Vietnam Co., Ltd to grant codes to areas growing mangoes for export ...

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Continous export surplus to Cambodia

The statistics of the General Department of Customs show that, in recent years, Vietnam has remained the state of export surplus to the Cambodian market. Chart of the value of import-export turnover between Vietnam and Cambodia in period 2011-2016, the unit of “billion USD”. Chart: T.Bình. In particular, in 2011, the total import-export turnover between the 2 countries reached $US 2.84 billion, in which ...

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