According to the General Department of Vietnamese Customs, Vietnam shipped 321 million medical facemasks abroad in the first five months of this year.

In May alone, after the restrictions on the export of medical masks were removed, more than 180 million medical masks were exported, 1.3 times higher than the total number of those exported in the January-April period (about 139.5 million masks).

In May alone, more than 180 million medical masks were exported.

Medical masks are a special item that have seen a rise in terms of their export data over the past few months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously, the export levels of this item was negligible.

Besides medical facemasks, Vietnam also exported nearly 954,000 tonnes of rice worth over US$492 million in May, a dramatic increase of 87% in terms of volume and 93% in terms of value compared to the previous month.

In the five-month period, Vietnam exported a total of 3 million tonnes of rice with a total value of US$1.5 billion.

Vietnamese exported rice was sold at over VND11.8 million per tonne, higher than the average price of VND9-10 million per tonne in the same period last year.

The Philippines was the largest importer of Vietnamese rice in the five month period with a total volume of over 374,000 tonnes and a total revenue value of over US$183 million, accounting for 39% of Vietnam’s total rice exports.

Nearly 6,500 tonnes of fresh lychee exported via Kim Thanh Border Gate

Since the beginning of the season, nearly 6,500 tonnes of fresh lychees, worth more than US$3.6 million in total, have been exported to China through Kim Thanh Border Gate in Lao Cai Province, up 37% in volume and 39% in value compared to the same period last year.

Japanese experts arrive in Vietnam to check fresh lychee for export

A delegation of Japanese experts arrived in Vietnam on June 3 to supervise the quarantining of fresh lychee expected to be exported to Japan shortly, according to the Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Room for Bac Giang lychee export to Singapore

(BGO) - The online Vietnam-Singapore Trade Conference 2020 will be held on 29 and 30 May. Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency together with the Trade Office of Vietnam Embassy in Singapore will help Bac Giang province to introduce lychee to Singapore market.

Hai Duong exports first batch of lychee in 2020 season

The Department Agriculture and Rural Development of Hai Duong Province held a ceremony on May 25 for the shipment of the first batches of Hai Duong lychee in the 2020 season to Singapore, Australia and the US.

Lychee production hubs seek to boost consumption amid export difficulty

Vietnam’s lychee production hubs in the North have entered the early harvest season this year and are preparing plans for its flagship fruit consumption amid export difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: NDO