More investment in processing key to boost fruit, vegetable export
More investment in processing and post-harvest preservation is needed to create added value for the export of fruit and vegetable products, experts said at a forum on the fruit and vegetable industry in HCM City on March 13.
A safe vegetable production establishment in Hanoi (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – More investment in proce🐠ssing and𒐪post-harvest preservation is needed to create added value for the export of fruitand vegetable products, experts said at a forum on the fruit and vegetableindustry in HCM City on March 13.
General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and VegetableAssociation Dang Phuc Nguyen said the main problem of the sector is the slowpace of mechanisation and lack of technologies in post harvest preservation andprocessing, resulting in huge post-harvest losses and the degradation ofproduct quality during the distribution process. He noted that there are just nearly 150 firms operating infruit and vegetable processing in the country. Besides raising the added value for products, cuttingproduction and transport costs is a solution to enhance the competitiveness ofdomestic fruit and vegetable. Le Van Duc, deputy director of the Department of Cultivationunder the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, pointed to the smallscale of production, which he said is the cause of uneven quality of products. Participants also urged building brands and geographicalindications for local and regional specialties. The forum agreed that while export opportunities are aboundfor the country’s fruit and vegetable, synchronous actions are needed to ensuresustainable growth for the sector. Last year, the export of fruit, vegetables and flower earnedVietnam 3.8 billion USD, an annual rise of 8.9 percent. With more than 1.8million hectares of land dedicated for the cultivation of those plants, Vietnamaims for 5 billion USD of revenues from the products in 2020.-VNA
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A safe vegetable production establishment in Hanoi (Source: VNA) 
