Exports of fruits and vegetables recover

Wednesday, 08/07/2020 17:16
According to Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables to major markets like the US, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Thailand have surged despite the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.


Exports of fruits and vegetables see growth in potential markets. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

Exports of those products to Thailand brought home USD68 million, up 233.4 percent; the RoK USD67.4 million, up 21.8 percent; the US USD62 million, up 6.1 percent; Japan USD57.7 million, up 15.5 percent; and the Netherlands USD34 million, up 9 percent.

However, a reduction of 29.1 percent year-on-year in exports to China in the January-May period has affected the value for the first half, which hit USD1.79 billion, down 12.2 percent year-on-year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoIT)’s Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade).

In the first five months of this year, Vietnam earned USD906.1 million from fruit and vegetable export to China, down 29.1 percent year-on-year.

The AgroTrade said lychees contribute significantly to fruit and vegetable export in the first half of this year.

Apart from the main market of China, local exporters have shipped lychee to the US and Japan.

The Vina T&T company expects to export 50 tonnes of lychees meeting GlobalGAP standards to the US this year. 

Meanwhile, the first batch of Bac Giang lychees arrived in Japan on June 20th morning.

Israel interested in boosting imports from Vietnam


Workers produce face masks at a factory of a member company of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group - Vinatex (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of USD101.4 million  with Israel in the first five months of this year due to declines in the export of key commodities and the resumed import of items of high value.

According to Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Israel Le Thai Hoa, bilateral trade stood at 649.4 million USD during the five-month period. Vietnam’s exports were down 17.9 percent year-on-year while its imports surged 419.3 percent.

He attributed the import growth primarily to Vietnam resuming its import of commodities from Israel with high value, like computers, electronic products, and components.

Apart from textiles, garments, and coffee products, which saw shipments grow, most of Vietnam’s key exports to Israel were lower year-on-year, including aquatic products, footwear, cashew nuts, and mobile phones.

Such a situation has become common in many countries around the world, Hoa explained, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Of note, tuna exports to Israel reached USD11.09 million  during the first five months, accounting for 4.6 percent of Vietnam’s total tuna exports, Hoa said, adding that Israel is currently one of the ten largest importers of Vietnamese tuna.

Sa Pa, Ninh Binh among Top up-and-coming destinations in Asia


Sa Pa terrace rice field. (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)

The US-based travel site TripstoDiscover has listed Vietnam’s Sa Pa and Ninh Binh among 14 up-and-coming destinations in Asia.

According the site, Sapa is located in the far north, surrounded by dramatic beauty with its world-famous rice paddies.

“It sits high up in the Hoang Lien Son Mountains and makes a great base for trekking or mountain biking tours with routes that will bring you past magnificent waterfalls, through rice paddies, and around charming mountain villages home to families known for making fantastic local handicrafts,” noted TripstoDiscover.

It suggested that travelers to the villages should see how these items are made and purchase everything from traditional weavings to carvings for gifts or souvenirs.

Meanwhile, Ninh Binh is described as “incredibly picturesque”. The province has many pagodas, including Bai Dinh and Bich Dong.

“It boasts hundreds of limestone monoliths that rise from the ground topped by vibrant greenery, scattered throughout the city with rivers flowing through. In Trang An, you can ask a boat rower to take you through some of the many caves in the limestone mountains./.”

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