Technical requirements for Vietnam’s passion fruits were agreed and the process will now move to the next step of implementing legal procedures.

In a stunning display of innovation, farmers in Chi Lang, Lang Son province, are using cable cars to harvest custard apples from steep mountainsides, leading to an unprecedented revenue windfall of 800 billion VND ($33 million).

Many kinds of Vietnamese fruits are increasingly gaining access to the Northeast Asian market, contributing to fulfilling the 2024 goal of 7 billion USD in export value of fruit and vegetables.

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has officially announced regulations for importing fresh pomelos from Vietnam on its website.

Vietnam raked in more than 3.8 billion USD from fruit and vegetable exports in the first seven months of 2024, up 23.4% year on year, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (VINAFRUIT).

In a surprising trend, Thailand, a nation known for its robust agricultural sector, has nearly doubled its expenditure on Vietnamese fruits and vegetables in the first half of this year.

The RoK, a market of 50 million consumers, is considered a potential market for Vietnamese products, including pomelo.

Vietnamese red and yellow-fleshed dragon fruit has made its first presence in the Spinneys supermarket chain of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which was inaugurated in Riyadh capital of Saudi Arabia on June 24.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports throughout the opening five months of the year surged by 28.1% to reach nearly US$3 billion, with the sector seeing bright prospects with the potential to rake in between US$6 billion and US$7 billion this year.

Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports are flourishing, with an annual 28.1% increase in value to 2.59 billion USD recorded in the first five months of this year.

Local cultivation and plant protection authorities and relevant agencies must prepare a list of growing areas and packaging facilities registering to export fresh coconut and frozen durian to China before April 1.

Vietnamese vegetable and fruit farmers and exporters experienced a prosperous year in 2023 with record-high export turnover of $5.7 billion. The figure is expected to be higher this year as new high-end markets have opened.

The export turnover of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables to the European Union has increased considerably over recent years, from US$200 million in 2022 to US$399 million in 2023, making the EU the third largest consumer of the Vietnamese products.

Besides the Chinese, consumers from other countries have begun buying more durian. It is estimated that durian exports could bring $3.5 billion to Vietnam in 2024.

VN is about to sign a protocol for avocado and passion fruit exports with the General Administration of Customs of China, bringing the total agricultural products exported to the Chinese market in this form to 8.

Fruit and vegetable exports are predicted to set a new record in 2024, possibly exceeding the 6-billion-USD tunover goal and even approaching the 7-billion-USD milestone.

Vietnam’s durian export is heading for US$3.5 billion in revenue this year after jumping by 5 times to finish at more than $2 billion in 2023.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports surged to a record high in 2023, yet insiders said it is just a start as ample room remains for the sector.

Vietnam has shipped approximately 2.22 billion USD worth of durian products overseas in 2023, with increasing demand noticed in non-traditional markets.

As China is opening its market for some Vietnamese fruits, it will bring billions of dollars in exports next year and help Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry to set new records.