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The MoIT said it will gather experts and organisations in the field, and representatives from ministries, local authorities, Vietnamese firms and their peers from 27 EU nations, among others.
Topics to be discussed include an overview of the global green exports, Vietnam’s policies for sustainable growth, momentum for transition to a green economy, capacity enhancement for enterprises, and related recommendations for State management agencies and enterprises.
The forum is an annual event to create an exchange channel between State management agencies and those participating in export promotion affairs, domestic and international experts, and representatives of international trade organisations. It aims to facilitate, identify opportunities for export activities and improve export goods’ competitiveness.
GEFE 2022, slated for November 28-30, will offer a platform for all to discuss, find and apply green European solutions in Vietnam. The event will bring together experts across sustainable business and governance for three days of conferences, exhibitions, and high-level B2B and B2G dialogue sessions.
VinFast and INFORM partner to offer global EV transport solutions
Vietnamese carmaker VinFast and INFORM, the leading AI software company in the United States, unveiled on November 24 a strategic cooperation partnership on electric vehicle (EV) transport management for VinFast globally.
This represents an important step in cooperation ties that will help VinFast to closely monitor the conditions of EVs from production to transportation, before officially handing vehicles over to customers.
Under the cooperation agreement, INFORM will provide advanced transportation management software solutions for VinFast, including transportation management software (TMS) and warehouse management systems (YMS).
Major shipping ports in the US, Canada, Europe, and Vietnam can also use INFORM's solutions to optimise warehouse management operations whilst managing their workforce and routing activities for logistics service providers.
During the first phase, INFORM's software will be deployed in the US, Canada, and Vietnam before being implemented in Europe, a move which is anticipated to effectively support the transportation of Vinfast’s EV models to customers.
Moving forward, INFORM's solutions are expected to be applied throughout VinFast's system within 18 to 24 months.
Vietnamese fruit growers improve fruit quality for export
Growers in the Mekong Delta are improving fruit quality in the face of tough competition with foreign fruits in the domestic market. At the same time, they gradually apply strict regulations on agricultural produce for export.
In these recent weeks, many gardeners in Tan Chau town of An Giang Province have enjoyed a bumper harvest of Hoa Loc mango and acacia mango. With 3.2ha of mangoes, farmer Chin Tuoi in Vinh Xuong Commune in Tan Chau town is harvesting acacia mangoes and selling them to traders in the garden at the price of VND8,000-VND14,000 a kg; he was so happy because he can earn a profit of several hundreds of millions of Vietnamese dong.
Dozens of gardeners in Vinh Xuong Commune are also harvesting Hoa Loc mangoes and selling them to traders for VND 30,000 a kg. The yield of Hoa Loc mango is from 5-6 tons per hectare; therefore, with the present prices, many gardeners have made significant profits.
Not only fruit growers in An Giang Province but their peers in Dong Thap Province are also making strides in approaching mango production associated with growing area codes to compete in the domestic market as well as export.
Currently, Dong Thap has nearly 42,000 hectares of fruit trees with about 14,000 hectares for cultivation of mango. Moreover, nearly 6,000 hectares of mango cultivation have more than 300 area codes. Mango grown in the province will be sold to Japan, Korea, the U.S., Europe, and China.
According to Mr. Le Quoc Dien, Deputy Director of Dong Thap Province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province increased cultivation of mango both to remove technical bottlenecks and increase the fruit value chain and high-tech processing to increase the value of the agricultural produce.
In addition, many farmers in the Mekong Delta are focusing on production towards VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards to export to China and other tough markets. Recently, growers in the region have had new opportunities when pomelo was licensed to enter the US market.
The agricultural sector in Tien Giang has formed a concentrated fruit-growing area with large output to supply the market. For instance, more than 120ha of pomelos are planted according to VietGAP standards in Tan My Chanh Commune in My Tho City and all fruits will be sold to an enterprise. Currently, local authorities are encouraging people to switch to growing pomelos according to VietGAP standards, high technology for export.
It is expected that the first batch of green-skinned pomelo grown in Ben Tre Province will be exported to the US market at the end of November 2022. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Thu, Director of Chanh Thu Fruit Import Export Group Company in Cho Lach District of Ben Tre Province, the company and five pomelo production cooperatives spent five years growing the fruit according to VietGAP standards.
It is expected that the company will export about 40 tons of pomelo to the US market. Thus, Ben Tre green-skinned pomelo is the first fruit of the Mekong Delta to be exported to the US market. Previously, mango, longan, litchi, dragon fruit, rambutan and star apple were also exported to fastidious markets in Europe.
According to Mr. Lam Van Linh, Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Department of Ben Tre Province, building the planting area code is a business's survival in the coming time to meet the technical barriers through quality standards. Good agricultural practices and clear planting area codes will help increase the opportunity to export fruits to many countries.
Meanwhile, the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that ineffective rice area in the Mekong Delta has been successfully transformed into fruit areas. Since the beginning of the year, roughly 73,530ha of rice land in the Mekong Delta has been converted to other crops, mainly the cultivation of fruit trees.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reporter that in the first 10 months of 2022, the export turnover of main agricultural products reached over US$18.8 billion, up 7.2 percent. There are 8 products and product groups with an export value of over $2 billion, of which the fruit group reaches nearly US$2.8 billion.
Links between farmers and enterprises vital to promoting agricultural product quality, exports
Ensuring the stable and consistent quality of agricultural products of cooperatives is critical to achieveing sustainable exports, in which the linkage with enterprises played a key role.
Unstable and sub-standard quality of agricultural products remained the biggest worry for exporters.
Nguyen Trung Dong, Principal of the College of Management for Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the export market for agricultural products was expanding. China this year officially opened its doors for five products of Vietnam. However, high standards were set to ensure quality.
While cooperatives were identified, together with enterprises, as the core force for agricultural production, the production quality remained below expectations, he said.
Ho Duc Minh, Director of the Van Xuan Phat Import-Export Company – one of 25 packers granted codes to officially export durian to China – said that farmers played an important role in the supply chain. However, many of them did not pay attention to ensuring product quality.
Ngo Tuong Vy, Deputy Director of fruit export company Chanh Thu, said that there was a lack of uniformity in product quality as farmers and cooperatives did not cooperate with each other to follow certain standards.
Bui Ba Bong, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the agricultural sector was aiming to build production areas in which every participant was held accountable and managed with transparency.
Only when the linkage between cooperatives and enterprises was enhanced, could Vietnam’s agricultural products move forwards and ensure sustainability.
According to Pham Thi Thu Hien, Director of the Plant Phytosanitary Centre 2, many markets requested that the growing areas and packing facilities of exporting countries be put under close monitoring with codes issued periodically.
Growing areas and packing facilities needed to comply with the requirements of each market, which would differ among products, and even between the same product she said.
Hien said that the issuance of codes for planting areas and packaging facilities was mainly for fruit but not for products with large export volumes such as rice, tea, pepper, and coffee. There were still instances of fraud in the use of growing area codes, which was affecting the prestige of Vietnamese products, she said.
Hien said that enterprises should work closely with farmers to develop the growing areas and protect the codes, as well as improve product quality.
Le Thanh Hoa, Deputy Director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority, said that besides following standards like VietGap and GlobalGap in harmony with the requirements of import markets, cooperatives needed to make plans for production and processing in line with investment in equipment to produce products with high quality.
Training on phytosanitary rules should also be provided regularly, Hoa added.
Stressing that ensuring product quality to meet export standards was a pressing concern, Hoa said that the Government should implement consistent policies in developing cooperatives and the rural economic sector together with support to improve quality standards for agricultural products.
Bui Phuoc Hoa from the Business Association of High-Quality Vietnamese Products said the linkage between farmers and enterprises should be strengthened together with transparency in responsibilities and benefits.
Guidance should be provided to help farmers increase their understanding of the benefits when complying with standards and ensuring stable and consistent product quality.
Vietnam Hardware & Hand Tools Expo 2022 to open
The seventh Vietnam Hardware & Hand Tools Expo 2022 (VHHE) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from December 1-3, with 255 stalls and 208 exhibitors from 12 countries and territories taking part.
Co-organised by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade’s Industrial Development Centre and the Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Company (Vinexad), the event is expected to open up new opportunities to mechanical engineering businesses at home and abroad as it will gather suppliers from a wide range of spheres like manufacturing, production, mechanics, construction and DIY devices.
Over 1,000 products branded Spear & Jackson, Onishi, Snap-on, Milwaukee, EGA Master, Knipex, Minh Hoa, Naniwa, Elora, Stabila, and others will be on display.
Concurrent with the VHHE will be the Vietnam International Machinery & Supporting Industry Fair that will showcase Vietnam’s support industry products to promote supply capacity and improve self-reliance of the domestic mechanical engineering sector.
Apart from business-to-business and business-to-consumer activities during the two events, a series of seminars will discuss topics such as the development of the support industry supply chain for electronics and household electricity, and the supply capacity of the support industry.
Visitors to the event will have a chance to experience robotic demonstrations and learn about key products via tours of factories.
The DIY Workshop will also return with the unique concept “Enjoy your DIY time”, giving visitors a look at how wooden products are made.
Australian importers keen on Vietnamese textiles and footwear
Vietnamese garment and textile exports to Australia continued to grow by more than 27.9% to US$358.4 million during the initial 10 months of the year, while leather and footwear products witnessed impressive growth of 41.05% to US$353.7 million.
To further promote the export potential of these products, the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia recently attended the 2022 International Sourcing Expo held at the Melbourne International Exhibition Center in Victoria.
This is the largest annual international exhibition in Australia, featuring the presence of roughly 400 businesses from 20 countries.
A variety of products from Vietnamese textile and garment enterprises were on display at the event, with the majority of domestic brands coming from the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas).
Many importers visited the Trade Office’s booths and showed a keen interest in high-quality Vietnamese products.
The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia also organised an exhibition to introduce local garment and textile products via digital platform Vietnamsourcingexpo.com, attracting the participation of dozens of businesses from November 17 to 25.
Nguyen Phu Hoa, head of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia, emphasised that involvement in the two exhibitions will help local firms to seize additional opportunities as they gain access to the Australian market.
He emphasised that through these events, Australian businesses are looking forward to seeing a greater presence of Vietnamese products in their market, which is considered to be a centre for textile and leather production in the region.
The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia will therefore continue to conduct trade promotion in an effort to further strengthen connectivity among Vietnamese suppliers and Australian importers.
First lot of Tan Lac red-flesh grapefruit exported to UK
The first lot of 5,400 Tan Lac red-flesh grapefruits of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh was exported to the United Kingdom on November 24.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Cong Su said that this is a result of the joint effort of the provincial agricultural sector, cooperatives and locals in Tan Lac district.
The export of this fruit will be a great encouragement for local farms to strive for more export shipments of other agricultural products, he added.
Nguyen Huy Nhuan, Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, stated that in addition to the expansion of cultivation areas, locals’ application of science and technology in the production has increased and they are well aware of the role of organic fertilisers.
Besides red-flesh grapefruit, Tan Lac is also shipping its sugarcane abroad. This year, the district has been granted six planting area codes for grapefruit to be exported to the European Union.
Currently, the district is growing citrus, including orange and grapefruit, on 1,523 hectares, of which 1,420 hectares are for business with an estimated output of 22,200 tonnes.
Vietnam promotes garment-textile, leather, footwear exports to Australia
The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia has introduced high-quality Vietnamese garment and textile products at a recent exhibition, which was part of the International Sourcing Expo Australia.
The annual exhibition, from November 15-17, the biggest of its kind in Australia, brought together 400 businesses from about 20 countries and territories.
Apart from showcasing the high-quality garment and textile products, the office's staff also cleared up visitors’ concern about other products of the Vietnamese garment-textile, and leather and footwear sectors.
The office has also co-organised an online exhibition on Vietnamese garments-textiles, leather and footwear on the digital platform Vietnamsourcingexpo.com from November 17-25, with the participation of tens of enterprises.
Vietnam’s garment-textile export to Australia has increased 27.96% so far this year to 358.4 million USD. The leather and footwear sector's exports surged 41.05% year-on-year to 353.7 million USD.
As of October, trade between the two countries had reached 13.3 billion USD, with Vietnam’s exports up more than 33.79% year-on-year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Vietnamese top legislator receives leaders of major Philippine companies
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on November 24 received President and CEO of the Philippine International Trading Corporation Emmie Perez-Chiong as part of his official visit to the Philippines.
Hue briefed Perez-Chiong on the outcomes of the Vietnam-Philippines Investment and Trade Forum which took place earlier on the day, and trade relations between the two countries in 2021.
Despite complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, bilateral trade remained high, with the trade of rice and construction materials seeing stable growth.
Two-way trade reached 7 billion USD for the year, he said, noting that the two countries are striving to raise revenue to over 10 billion USD in 2026 when they celebrate the 50th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
He said Vietnam stands ready to import more goods from the Philippines, and noted his wish that the Philippines will facilitate the penetration of Vietnamese goods into the market.
Perez-Chiong said her corporation will work harder to promote trade ties between the Philippines and its neighbouring countries through inter-governmental contracts.
The Philippine International Trading Corporation, a100% state-owned company under the Department of Trade and Industry, specialises in commerce and implementing special trade agreements of the government. It also performs intergovernmental procurement activities and plays a part in price stabilisation and connecting domestic and foreign businesses.
Later the same day, Hue received Eric Francia, President and CEO of AC Energy, Inc; Patrice Clausse, Chief Operating Officer of International Group; and Nguyen Nam Thang, General Director of AMI Renewables JSC, which was established in 2017 as a result of cooperation between AMI Renewables (Vietnam) and AC Energy (Philippines).
Francia said ACEN has rolled out many projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Vietnam and Australia, noting that Vietnam is a foreign partner in which the group has invested the most in renewal energy, with a total of over 1 billion USD.
Lauding ACEN’s investment in Vietnam, Hue highlighted Vietnam’s advocacy of renewable energy development, saying renewable energy is set to make up about 12% of the total electricity output by 2030, and 48% by 2050 in order to reach the target of net zero emissions.
Vietnam welcomes investors that have financial and technological capacity and governance experience like ACEN in this field, he said, asking the group to coordinate closely with Vietnamese ministries, agencies and localities to ensure project efficiency and progress.
He also suggested ACEN expand its investment in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle in the sphere of wind and solar power.
Vietnam eyes to boost economic, education cooperation with Hong Kong
About 100 leading businesses of Hong Kong (China) will join together in a field trip to Vietnam to explore market and meet representatives of government agencies and localities, aiming to promote partnerships in trade, investment, production, innovation and high technology, according to the Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong.
The office will pay heed to connecting human resources training between Vietnam and Hong Kong, focusing on encouraging Hong Kong’s universities to provide more scholarships and cooperate with Vietnamese universities, said Consul General Pham Binh Dam.
Efforts will be also promoted to solve visa-related issues for Vietnamese labourers to work in Hong Kong, he stated.
According to the diplomat, the agency has established and maintained good relations with authorised agencies, associations, trade unions and influential entrepreneurs in Hong Kong in order to promote relationships between important local partners with ministries, sectors, localities, businesses of Vietnam.
Hong Kong is among the top economic partners of Vietnam, while Vietnam is also the 7th largest trading partner of this HongKong, he noted.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Hong Kong hit 28.5 billion USD in 2021 and 25.2 billion USD in the first nine months of this year. As of October 20, Hong Kong poured 28.9 billion USD in 2,133 projects in Vietnam.
From January 2021, Hong Kong officially started the issuance of visas for Vietnamese students to study in the region, Dam noted.
According to the diplomat, Hong Kong businesses are also tending to prioritise the ASEAN market, including Vietnam.
Binh Duong to host Techfest Vietnam 2022
The National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day (Techfest Vietnam 2022) due to take place from December 2 to 4 in Binh Duong province is expected to help train local workers to meet market demands, create jobs, and accelerate economic recovery in the post-COVID period.
This information was unveiled at a press conference on November 24 hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology in order to introduce Techfest Vietnam 2022 themed “Open Innovation Ecosystem – The Next Big Think”.
The primary aim of Techfest Vietnam 2022 is to promote the building of a comprehensive open innovation ecosystem that focuses on three major pillars - the State, businesses, and innovations to address social problems such as climate change, the environment, and health for the elderly, women, and children, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung at the ceremony.
Diverse activities will be held during the event, including an exhibition of innovative start-up products and services, and a National Policy Forum for Innovative Startup Ecosystem Development in the 2021 - 2025 period.
There will be 30 seminars on schedule, specifically focusing on smart factories, transition to Industry 4.0 technology, innovative solutions for businesses, and lessons on the transformation of business models to adapt to the post-COVID era.
Vietnam records sharp decline in medical mask exports
Vietnam exported a total of 12.9 million medical face masks of all kinds in October, representing a drop of 24.2% against September, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Exports have recorded a decline after seeing a rise for two consecutive months, according to the department.
Accordingly, businesses exported 16.2 million and 17.02 million face masks in August and September, up 189.2% and 5.1% month on month.
The October figure raised the total number of medical face masks shipped abroad in the initial 10 months of the year to 135.02 million.
Last year Vietnam exported more than 453.15 million medical face masks, although the peak was recorded in 2020 with 1.37 billion pieces exported.
Source: VNA/SGT/VNS/VOV/Dtinews/SGGP/VGP/Hanoitimes
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