Five tonnes of Son La-grown green mango will be shipped to Australia weekly by Agricare Vietnam Company after its first successful shipment of one tonne to the country. This is the “tuong” mango variety grown in the northern mountainous province of Son La, said Dam Quang Thang, Director of Agricare...
A conference introducing export potential of Vietnam’s garments, handbags and leather footwear to the Australia market was held in Hanoi on July 10. The event, co-held by the Hanoi Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Agency and Australia International Exhibition and Conference Group (IEC), brought together over 60 Hanoi-based businesses operating...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has joined hands with other ministries and sectors to promote the export of agri-aquatic products to Australia. According to the Ministry’s Import-Export Department, Australia is among the largest buyers of farm and aquatic products of Vietnam, making an annual average import value of...
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has received a document from the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) affirming that Vietnam is able to meet all requirements in Australia’s new import conditions for processed shrimps. According to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Australia, the Australian Department of Agriculture and...
Australia is a choosy but promising market with large consumption capacity, Vice President of Australia-Vietnam Business Council Cann Lee has said. He noted that penetrating this market is tough, but maintaining a foothold is even more difficult. Speaking at a recent Australia and Vietnam investment and trade expo in Hanoi, Lee...
The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has opened an anti-dumping investigation on wire rod in coil imports from Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam. According to the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s products targeted by the investigation bear the HS codes of 7213.91.00.44, 7227.90.90.02, and...
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has announced that the government decided to lift the shrimp import suspension on some products, according to the Vietnam Commercial Office in Australia. Seasoned shrimp and uncooked seasoned shrimp meat will be exempt from the suspension, with imports allowed from July 12,...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, is working with Australia’s relevant agencies towards the early lift of Australia’s ban on the import of shrimp and uncooked shelled shrimp. On January 7, the Australian Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources...
While many industries of the Vietnamese economy are growing rapidly, perhaps the most exciting is electronics. Imports have nearly tripled from 2011 to 2016, while exports have increased by nearly 5 times — rising from US$12.8 billion to US$65.8 billion in 2015. In 2015 alone, electronics exports nearly doubled,...
Australia will review its import risk assessment for uncooked prawns from all countries as well as relax a temporary ban on some prawns products in a move that has heightened speculation about 'systemic failures' in the existing inspection regime. A panel of scientific experts from the Federal Department of Agriculture...