If the Central Highlands harvest proceeds smoothly and issues related to growing-area and packing-house codes are resolved promptly, exports could generate an additional US$2 billion in the remaining months of the year, pushing the whole-year figure beyond $4 billion.
Dragon fruit farmers in Bình Thuận Province have cut down thousands of trees and switched to other crops after suffering heavy losses due to low prices.
Demand for bird’s nests in China is increasing, offering opportunities for Vietnamese firms, but new measures are needed to enable producers to export the product directly to China, rather than carrying it over the border.
Viet Nam has negotiated with China for the latter to import Vietnamese pork under large commercial contracts, Tran Thanh Nam, deputy minister of agriculture and rural development, said on Monday.