Two new protocols signed with China place Vietnamese passion fruit and fresh chili peppers in a transparent process, where they not only can be exported but must also pass post-inspection checks.
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Less than 3 years ago, Vietnamese passion fruit and fresh chili peppers were struggling to cross the northern border through temporary technical guidance shipments without clear legal value. Goods could be transported, but could also be blocked at any time if the other side changed its understanding or discovered a violation batch. Mr. Nguyen Quang Hieu: "Post-inspection is part of international trade". Photo: Bao Thang. Now, with two official protocols signed with China's General Administration of Customs (GACC), the Plant Protection and Cultivation Department calls this a "turning point", moving from temporary to a stable 5-year legal framework with post-inspection mechanisms, violation rectification mechanisms, and the right to penetrate the domestic market instead of just hovering around border areas. At the export guidance conference on June 25, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hieu, Deputy Director of the Plant Protection and Cultivation Department, emphasized: "The protocol is a bilateral ...
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