Lê Thị Mai Anh from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Pacific Market Department – the organiser of the forum on goods– elaborated on the point by noting that in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, Việt Nam holds a geographical advantage with convenient transport time, minimising risks that could affect the quality of vegetables and fruits. This is also a large and open market, with import duties ranging from zero to 5 per cent.Trương Xuân Trung, the head of the Việt Nam Trade Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), highlighted the remarkable economic standing of the UAE. Despite its small size and relatively low population, the country enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes worldwide. This success can be attributed to the UAE's strategic emphasis on industrial and service development, aided by its distinctive natural conditions.Lê Thanh Hòa, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department of Quality, Processing and Market Development, stressed that in addition to production capacity, Việt Nam also benefits from dozens of free trade agreements, facilitating negotiations for various vegetable and fruit products to enter different markets.Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable export turnover reached a new record high of US$5.6 billion last year, an annual rise of 66.7 per cent. The figure is predicted to continue to witness year-on-year two-digit growth this year to hit around $6.5-7 billion.  (ICE HO CHI MINH CITY)

Fonte notizia: Vietnam News