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By APD writer Alice
Hanoi, May 30 (APD) – A forum on the production and consumption of lychee was held in the northern Vietnamese province of BacGiang on May 29, aiming to boost the export of the fruit to China and other markets.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue stressed the importance of quality management and traceability for lychee, a specialty fruit of the northern province of BacGiang, to meet export requirements for China and other potential markets.
He asked relevant ministries and sectors to add local fruit and other products to the national list of agricultural products exported to the Chinese market. He also requested they provide BacGiang with market information and help the province expand domestic and foreign consumption through trade promotion programmes in foreign countries.
“We need to help BacGiang's businesses access modern technology to preserve and process lychee and develop tourism products,” Hue said.
He said local authorities and partners in China need to strengthen trade connections to create the best conditions for Chinese traders to purchase lychee from the province and invest in agriculture and tourism services.
Administrative procedures for Chinese partners must be simplified in order to assist the export of lychee to China in the shortest time, he said.
At the forum, Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi Ho Doa Gin lauded the quality of Vietnamese lychee, saying it matches the tastes of Chinese consumers.
He said China would create favourable conditions for the import of the product.
Vice Chairman of the BacGiangprovincial People's Committee Duong Van Thai said the province was entering the first days of the 2019 lychee harvest.
“We are committed to creating the most favourable conditions to assist growers, businesses and both domestic and foreign traders in the harvesting, processing and sale of lychee,” Thai said.
BacGiang is known as the largest concentrated fruit growing area in the North of Vietnam with a total area of nearly 50,000ha. Its 28,000ha of lychee are seen as the largest hub in the country with an annual output of more than 150,000 tonnes.
The brand name of BacGiang lychee is protected in eight countries including the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. Last year, the fruit was certified by the Southeast Asian Records Organisation as one of the Top 10 specialties of Southeast Asia.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
