The “Vietnamese Fruit Day” was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Makro Group. This event aimed at promoting Vietnamese fruits to the Czech Republic’s consumers and seeking opportunities for the Vietnamese agricultural products to enter into the Czech Republic as well as other Eastern and Central European countries.
19 kinds of Vietnamese fresh fruits, including longan, lychee, custard-apple, banana, sapodilla plum, dragon-fruit, rambutan, mango and jackfruit, were on displayed and sold at the event. Customers had a chance to taste and learned about the use and benefits of the tropical fruits.
According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association, the fruit and vegetable exports of Vietnam increased a 33 percent year-on-year for the first half of 2016 to reach 1.17 billion USD.
Vietnam expects to gain 2 billion USD from exporting fruit and vegetable exports this year.
Last year, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export value reached 1.8 billion USD, 23.7 percent higher than 2014
