Vietnam’s Ri6 durian 'covers' the Australian market

Monday, 13/09/2021 16:15
Many companies have announced their quick sold-out of Vietnamese durians in Australia as a result of more than two years of promoting the fruit in the market, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Illustrative photo (Source: moit.gov.vn)

Australian-based Bato Ausales said it sold 7 tonnes of frozen Ri6 durians from Vietnam just hours after the completion of customs clearance.

Phuc Truong, director of the company, said more than 200 tonnes of the fruit will be quickly imported to serve local distributors’ demand.

Another importer, Uu Dam Australia, also posted its successful distribution of 80 tonnes of the frozen durians, with the company soon receiving 49 more tonnes.

The company unveiled its plan to intensify investment in its production facility in Vietnam for an export of up to hundreds of tonnes per year.

In the past, Thai and Malaysian durians used to dominate the Australian market. The Vietnamese fruit have to date gained its foothold, with a host of brands availabe including Asean Produce, Vin Eni, Basel, and Uu Dam.

Nguyen Phu Hoa, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia, said the agency began its market survey and building a promotion strategy for Vietnamese durians in 2019, helping the products gain a strong competitiveness.

According to him, the promotion followed a closed process toward a final goal of building an outstanding trademark.

He said more trademark development activities, particularly advertising, will be launch in the coming time.

Export of fine art ceramics rise over 50%

The export of fine art ceramics from Vietnam during the seven months of the year surged by 51.5% to reach 143.22 USD compared to the same period from last year, VOV News quoted statistics by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Photo for illustration. (Source: VOV)

July alone saw the export value of fine art ceramics reach 19.55 million USD, representing a rise of 0.8% compared to June and a year-on-year rise of 43.7%.

The nation exported fine art ceramic products worth a total of 42.11 million USD to the EU market during the seven months of the year, a climb of 33.3% on-year.

Furthermore, the export of fine art ceramics to Belgium during the reviewed period soared by 102.3% from last year’s corresponding period to reach 3.34 million USD.

Despite the export of fine art ceramics to the Netherlands and France experiencing a decline in July, exports of these products to both markets during the seven-month period skyrocketed, with respective increases of 29.1% and 50.0%,

Elsewhere, the export of these products to the United States throughout the reviewed period also soared by 63.9% to 54.36 USD million on-year.

CAAV proposes plan to re-open domestic flights

Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to the Ministry of Transport a plan to re-open domestic air routes with a pilot period of four weeks, reported Vietnam News Agency.

In the plan, the CAAV suggested that 22 domestic airports should be divided into three groups.

Airports in Group A are those in cities and provinces without any areas applying social distancing measures under the Prime Minister's Directive 16.

They include Van Don airport, Ha Long Bay's seaplane landing area, as well as Cat Bi and Dien Bien airports.

Meanwhile, Group B consists of airports in cities and provinces where social distancing is imposed in only some districts, including Noi Bai, Tho Xuan, Dong Hoi, Vinh, Cam Ranh, Phu Bai, Phu Cat, Pleiku, Tuy Hoa, Chu Lai, Buon Ma Thuot, Con Dao, Lien Khuong, and Vung Tau airport for helicopters.

At the same time, Group C comprises airports in localities where all districts are under lockdown. They include Da Nang, Tan Son Nhat, Can Tho, Phu Quoc, Ca Mau, and Rach Gia.

CAAV has proposed that, for flights from A to A, B and C airports, there will be no limits on passengers and passengers must show negative testing results within 72 hours.

Flights from B to A, B to C; and from C to A and B airports will serve passengers performing official duties and COVID-19 prevention force. Passengers must show negative testing results taken within 72 hours.

Other passengers must satisfy one of the following requirements: have certificates on completing quarantine, carried by quarantine units to the airports in specialized vehicles; have two vaccine shots; or have certificates of recovery from COVID-19, no longer than 12 months from departure time.

Flights within airports in Group C will only for passengers going on business trips, personnel engaging in COVID-19 prevention and control and people having admissions from departing and arriving localities. All passengers must show negative testing results taken within 72 hours./.

 

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