Vietnam exported nearly 1 billion USD worth of fruits and vegetables in Q1, up 8% from a year earlier. According to Dang Phuc Nguyen, Secretary General of the Vietnam Fruit Association (Vinafruit), this was the result to the signing of protocols on exports of durian, sweet potato and banana to China through official channels. The export of pomelo to the US, and passion fruit to New Zealand was also a driver for the overall growth of the sector.
Durian was a big contributor to the impressive export results in the first months of this year. The export turnover of this fruit is expected to hit 1 billion USD, helping the sector’s total figure to 4 billion USD this year, up 20% year-on-year, said Nguyen.
