Hanoi (VNA) – With the strong development of organic farming, Vietnam has extensive opportunities to boost the export of organic agricultural products to Europe,where those products are in high demand and fetch top dollar.

Tran Ngoc Thanh, ViceChairman of the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOAA), said afterthree years of implementing the organic agriculture plan, organic farming has grown strongly in the country.

Organic farm producehas brought home 335 million USD in annual export value and is present inover 180 countries and territories. Europe is the main importer of thoseproducts from Vietnam, he noted.

To introduce Vietnameseorganic products to more European consumers, the VOAA has arranged a trip for 10businesses to participate in BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair fororganic food, in Nürnberg, Germany, from February 14 to 17.

Thanh said this is thesixth straight time the VOAA has assisted Vietnamese firms to take part in thisevent, a chance for them to explore business opportunities, seek partners, andenter global organic food markets.

Joining the enterprisesat BIOFACH, Nguyen Van Chi, Deputy Chief of the Hanoi Coordinating Office forthe new-style rural area building programme, said that in 2022, inflation,surging energy prices, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russia - Ukraine conflictforced consumers in Germany and Europe at large to reduce buying more expensive organicproducts.

However, this was justa temporary situation, and the consumption of organic products is still astrong trend around the world, he added.

Lai Ngoc Thanh,Director of the HANUTI JSC based in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, said the GermanGovernment pays great attention to organic farming, highlighting organic agricultural products from Vietnam, including Hanoi, to enter the Europeanmarket.

Echoing the view, DoViet Ha, a representative of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Germany, said that consumingorganic products is an increasingly popular trend in this country and Europe.

With this trend andadvantages created by the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA),opportunities are increasing for organic farm products from Vietnam, shenoted, recommending enterprises to maximise those chances, seize the consumptiontrend, and grasp import markets' food safety rules and other requirements./.