Vietnamese dragon fruit will be exported to the Republic of Korea (RoK) at the end of this year, said Nguyen Xuan Hong, head of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The coffee industry in the first eight months of the year saw a decline in both export volume and value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnamese coffee producers apply different standards that are not applied throughout the world. As a result, Vietnamese coffee exporters suffer from a competitive disadvantage in the world market.
Agricultural exports totalled US$12.2 billion in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 20 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced.
The agriculture sector’s trade surplus hit approximately US$3.7 billion in the first eight months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.