Vietnam earned 3.45 billion USD from exporting vegetables and fruits in the first eight months of 2023, up 57.5% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A pineapple processing factory in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam earned 3.45 billion USD from exportingvegetables and fruits in the first eight months of 2023, up 57.5% year-on-year,according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The figure exceeded last year’s export turnover of 3.16billion USD. And with that growth pace, it is expected to surpass the record of3.81 billion USD set in 2018.
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Dang Phuc Nguyen, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit andVegetables Association (Vinafruit), said that with the current two-digit growthrate, the export revenue of vegetables and fruits may hit the 5 billion USDmark.
Currently, China remains Vietnam’s biggest veggie and fruit importer,accounting for 65% of the revenue./.
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A pineapple processing factory in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) 
