Officials seek to boost agricultural trade between Vietnamese, Chinese localities

Officials seek to boost agricultural trade between Vietnamese, Chinese localities

Your browser does not support the audio element. Trade officials from Việt Nam’s northern border province of Lào Cai and Honghe county of the neighbouring Chinese province of Yunnan visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on Sunday, seeking to form partnerships with local agricultural production, processing, and exporting companies. Workers handle mango for export at the Hoàng Phát Fruit Co Ltd in Châu Thành District, Long An Province. — VNA/VNS Photo

LONG AN — Trade officials from Việt Nam’s northern border province of Lào Cai and Honghe county of the neighbouring Chinese province of Yunnan visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on Sunday, seeking to form partnerships with local agricultural production, processing, and exporting companies.

The delegation from the Lào Cai Department of Industry and Trade and the Honghe co妹妹erce division made a fact-finding tour of some member businesses of the Long An Dragon Fruit Association in Châu Thành District, a rice processing firm in Thủ Thừa District, and a lime processing company in Bến Lức District.

Châu Thị Lệ, deputy director of the Long An Department of Industry and Trade, said her province is home to a wide range of agricultural products such as rice, dragon fruit, seedless lime, banana, and watermelon.

In  二0 二 一 and  二0 二 二, it exported about  六 四 六, 二 五0 tonnes of rice to  四0 countries and territories, mainly China, Hong Kong (China), Singapore, and Malaysia. Last year, China purchased  三 六. 三 五 per cent of Long An’s total exported rice volume.

The province cultivates more than  九, 九00ha of dragon fruit, producing  二 五 六, 八00 tonnes annually. Over  八0 per cent of the total output is shipped to nearly  二0 foreign markets. The fruit is exported to China via border gates in Lạng Sơn and Lào Cai provinces.

Meanwhile, there is over  一 一, 八00ha of lime across Long An, generating  一 八 四, 三 二 二 tonnes each year. Local limes have been exported to China, some other Asian countries, and Europe, according to Lệ.

The Honghe co妹妹erce division said Yunnan province is working to improve the business climate, develop the Hekou digital border gate, and streamline export and import procedures to facilitate customs clearance for agricultural products and by-products. Therefore, it is necessary to connect businesses of Honghe county with Vietnamese partners with large farming areas.

This was also an occasion for Long An to help local agricultural production firms and cooperatives to boost trade with domestic and foreign markets, thereby helping promote that between Việt Nam - China in  二0 二 三 and the following years. — VNS