At the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and US agricultural experts and policy makersgathered at a recent workshop in Arlington city of the US’s Virginia State toseek ways to boost export of Vietnamese agricultural products.
Theevent was jointly hosted by the VietAgGlobal and Vietnam Education Fund (VEF) followingthe success of a similar event on sustainable agriculture held at the US’sArizona University in 2017.
Participantssaid besides opportunities, Vietnam’s agricultural export is facing numerouschallenges, which requires joint efforts of relevant agencies, enterprises, andscientists to improve products’ quality and expand export markets.
DrNguyen Quoc Vong from the RMIT University (Australia) said Vietnamneeds to focus on products that other nations have demand for, rather than on thoseVietnam wants to export.
Healso underlined the need to seek ways to lower Vietnam’s shipment costs and simplifyexport procedures to reduce prices.
Meanwhile,Sonny Ramaswamy, Director of the US’s National Institute of Food andAgriculture (NIFA) said Vietnam needs to give top priority to improvingproducts’ quality and then to lowering prices, elaborating that these twofactors are , crucial for not only Vietnamese products but also those of othernations to ensure their market share.
Participantsalso attached significance to technology transfer, assistance of authorities,scientists and enterprises for farmers, and young scientists training.
VietAgGlobalis a network connecting Vietnamese students, post-graduates and youngentrepreneurs in the US to make contributions to their home country.
Theworkshop not only helped improve products’ quality and expand export markets,but also served as a bridge connecting the the Governments of Vietnam and the US,and among the Government, scientists and private enterprises of Vietnam.
Vietnam’sexport value of agro, forestry and seafood products reached a record36.37 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent. The export ofmajor agricultural products was estimated at 18.96 billion USD, a year-on-yeargrowth of 15.7 percent.
Total rice exports for the year reached 5.89 million tonnes, earning 2.66billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 22.4 percent in volume and 23.2 percent invalue.-VNA
Theevent was jointly hosted by the VietAgGlobal and Vietnam Education Fund (VEF) followingthe success of a similar event on sustainable agriculture held at the US’sArizona University in 2017.
Participantssaid besides opportunities, Vietnam’s agricultural export is facing numerouschallenges, which requires joint efforts of relevant agencies, enterprises, andscientists to improve products’ quality and expand export markets.
DrNguyen Quoc Vong from the RMIT University (Australia) said Vietnamneeds to focus on products that other nations have demand for, rather than on thoseVietnam wants to export.
Healso underlined the need to seek ways to lower Vietnam’s shipment costs and simplifyexport procedures to reduce prices.
Meanwhile,Sonny Ramaswamy, Director of the US’s National Institute of Food andAgriculture (NIFA) said Vietnam needs to give top priority to improvingproducts’ quality and then to lowering prices, elaborating that these twofactors are , crucial for not only Vietnamese products but also those of othernations to ensure their market share.
Participantsalso attached significance to technology transfer, assistance of authorities,scientists and enterprises for farmers, and young scientists training.
VietAgGlobalis a network connecting Vietnamese students, post-graduates and youngentrepreneurs in the US to make contributions to their home country.
Theworkshop not only helped improve products’ quality and expand export markets,but also served as a bridge connecting the the Governments of Vietnam and the US,and among the Government, scientists and private enterprises of Vietnam.
Vietnam’sexport value of agro, forestry and seafood products reached a record36.37 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent. The export ofmajor agricultural products was estimated at 18.96 billion USD, a year-on-yeargrowth of 15.7 percent.
Total rice exports for the year reached 5.89 million tonnes, earning 2.66billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 22.4 percent in volume and 23.2 percent invalue.-VNA
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