Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of the agricultural products processing and development department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said as of September 2019, the country counted 1,478 value chains of agricultural products across 63 cities and provinces nationwide.

Dragon fruits for exports.

There are 14,810 agricultural cooperatives and over 7,000 agro-forestry-fishery processing facilities, he said, adding that more than 25,500 households have joined production chains with businesses certified with Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) while over 619,000 households engaged in large-scale field production.

Vietnam is exporting farm produce to 185 countries and territories, ranking second in the Southeast Asian region and 15th in the world. The country has also joined and signed 16 new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs), thus creating more opportunities for the export of agricultural products, Toan said.

Mangoes are exported to the US.

In the first nine months of 2019, Vietnam exported 30.2 billion USD worth of farm produce, a year-on-year rise of 2.7 percent, he added.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said the number of agriculture businesses in Vietnam has increased rapidly in the past three years.

About 500 enterprises are involved in agricultural value chains from production, harvesting, and processing to trading, he added.

The fruit with a bad rap now in pastry form in Chinatown

A cart sells durian pastries that are so popular customers often have to wait in line to get them.

Vietnam focuses on fruit exports for higher value

Vietnamese agriculture officials made fruits a key export product as it can bring eight or nine times more in value compare to rice production.

Central Highlands' largest fruit & veg processing centre inaugurated

The largest fruit and vegetable processing centre in the Central Highlands, which was built by the Dong Giao Foodstuff Export JSC, was put into operation in Gia Lai Province on September 9.

Enabling off-season dragon fruit

(BGO)- With his diligence, Nguyen Van Huy (born in 1981) in Thuan hamlet, Tan Thanh commune, Lang Giang district, Bac Giang province has successfully applied the method for off-season red-heart dragon fruit. 

Fruit producer HAGL Agrico to boost capital by 25 pct

HAGL Agrico plans to convert bonds into shares and raise its charter capital by 25 percent to VND11.08 trillion ($477.93 million).

Source: VNA