Vietnam: Ceremony to announce the export of passion fruit to Australia

Published Sep 12, 2024

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Vietnam is expanding its tropical fruit exports, with a focus on passion fruit, to over 60 countries, including Australia, where it has become the fifth fruit to be officially exported. The country is increasing its passion fruit cultivation area and improving quality control. The Australian Ambassador has praised the taste of Vietnamese passion fruit and expects the trade relationship between the two countries to continue to grow, potentially including grapefruit and Australian blueberries in the future.

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Mr. Huynh Tan Dat - Director of the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - said that Vietnam has potential and advantages in tropical fruits. Currently, Vietnamese fruits are exported to more than 60 countries and territories. Passion fruit alone is exported to 20 countries, in many forms such as fresh fruit, frozen fruit, juice. The area of passion fruit cultivation is increasing, with an area of more than 12,000 hectares, mainly concentrated in the northern mountainous region. Currently, passion fruit is also of interest to many provinces in the Central Highlands, expanding its area. In recent years, Vietnam has focused on improving quality, producing according to the chain, ensuring the traceability of passion fruit, focusing on two varieties of yellow passion fruit and purple passion fruit. Many years ago, the Plant Protection Department began implementing technical documents, paving the way for the official export of passion fruit to ...

Source: Vinanet