How to boost Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports to China via official channels discussed

A workshop was held in Hanoi on November 12 to discuss the potential for exporting fruit and vegetables to the Chinese market via official channels. Upon addressing the event, Dang Phuc Nguyen, general secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit), emphasised that with a total cultivation area spanning about 1.2 million hectares, Vietnam boasts the potential to become one of the most important fruit exporting countries in the world in general, with a particular focus on China. Currently, the northern neighbour represents the world's largest fruit and vegetable consumer market, importing over US$17 billion of fruits and vegetables annually, accounting for more than 15% of the world's total export output. Indeed, recent years has seen Chinese import turnover grow by 10% annually. At present, Vietnam has officially exported 11 types of fruits to this market, such as durian, jackfruit, dragon fruit, banana, mango, longan, lychee, watermelon, rambutan, ...