The trade value of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first quarter of this year was estimated at US$20.63 billion, down 11.2 per cent year on year.
Covering a total area of 4,500sq.m, the upcoming expo will showcase agro-forestry-fisheries products, processed foods, nutritional food, supplements, food additives, beverages and pharmaceutical ingredients.
The ‘One commune one product (OCOP)’ fair aims to honour Viet Nam’s high-quality agro-forestry-fisheries products which are well-known in domestic and foreign markets, organisers said a press conference in Ha Noi on Tuesday.
Export of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first month of this
year reached a modest US$2.32 billion, 9.7 per cent lower than one year
ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.