The article highlights a recent development in Vietnam's fruit export industry to the US, detailing the challenges faced due to the departure of US experts from the country amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. These experts were essential for the irradiation process at Son Son Irradiation Plant in Ho Chi Minh City, a facility crucial for exporting fruits to the US. Their absence led to a halt in irradiation and exports, until the Vietnamese government managed to secure the agreement of the US Department of Agriculture to send back plant quarantine experts to assist. In the interim, the US Embassy in Vietnam has been overseeing the process, and with the expected return of the experts, normalcy is set to be restored in fruit exports to the US. Vietnam is currently approved to export six fruit types to the US market.