Vietnam and Australia have reached a consensus on establishing a joint working group this year to bolster farming trade and cooperation between the sides. The agreement was reached during their agriculture policy dialogue on November 22 and 23. At the function, David John Parker, Australian Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Water...
A conference has been held in Sydney, Australia to highlight opportunities and challenges in the Vietnamese market, drawing representatives from more than 100 enterprises and organisations interested in Vietnam. Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Luong Thanh Nghi briefed participants on the socio-economic development of Vietnam, as well as...
The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission on October 7 initiated an investigation on the alleged dumping and subsidisation of galvanised steel imported from India, Malaysia and Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia. The move followed a petition lodged by the Australian galvanised steel...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that Australia has completed a draft assessment on fresh Vietnamese dragon fruit. The fruit is expected to be exported to Australia in 2017. According to the draft, risk evaluation will be completed by the end of this year. Australia plans to certify and...
Australia has given the green light for fresh mango from Vietnam to be imported into the country after years of negotiations, making it the second Vietnamese fruit, after litchi, to be imported into the country. The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia said the first batch of mango will arrive in...
Australia is willing to consider the import of fresh shrimp from Vietnam, which is expected to start in early 2017. The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources expressed the willingness at a working session with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam during his working...
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable imports from Australia rose dramatically in the first half of 2016, about 322 percent from a year before, to more than 19.8 million USD. That contributed to a 9.1-percent yearly increase to 1.1 billion USD in Vietnam’s total imports from Australia during the period, according to...
Vietnam needs to devise more measures to improve the quality of farm produce in order to meet technical standards of Australia, towards promoting export to the nation, a Vietnamese diplomat has stressed. In an interview with Vietnam News Agency reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing 29th Diplomatic Conference in...
The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission has officially launched an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions imported from Malaysia and Vietnam. Earlier on June 27, Australian aluminium extrusion manufacturer Capral Limited lodged an application to the commission asking for the investigation, reported...
Vietnam will export close to 18 tonnes of mangoes to Australia on a daily basis in the coming time as part of the agreements reached between the Suoi Lon Mango Cooperative in the southern province of Dong Nai and Australian partners. Director of the cooperative Nguyen The Bao said the...