Vietnam has great potential for export of ornamental creatures
Vietnam has great potential for the export of ornamental plants and animals thanks to its diverse and favourable natural conditions, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
A man takes care of ornamental fish at Saigon Aquarium Corporation in HCM City. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam hasgreat potential for the export of ornamental plants and animals thanks to itsdiverse and favourable natural conditions, said Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
At a ceremony to sign acooperative programme between the agriculture ministry and the VietnamOrnamental Creatures Association on May 9, Minister Cuong said demand forornamental creatures is rising along with improving living conditions, makingit an important industry in agriculture.
He affirmed that the ministrywill devise projects to promote its development in the time ahead.
According to Nguyen Huu Van,President of the Vietnam Ornamental Creatures Association, the country hasaround 34,400 ha used for ornamental plant cultivation.
The ornamental creature industryis growing strongly with hundreds of villages specialising in the productionand trade of flowers, bonsai, birds and fish.
Some products have been exports,such as flowers, with one billion branches of fresh flower shipped abroad eachyear, Van said.
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and theCentral Highlands province of Lam Dong have become major production hubs ofornamental creatures.
Founded 30 years ago, the Vietnam OrnamentalCreatures Association now has 6,000 chapters with more than 350,000 members in56 provinces and cities.-VNA
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A man takes care of ornamental fish at Saigon Aquarium Corporation in HCM City. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) 
