The Australia Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has announced that a reduction of the intensified inspection frequency on Vietnamese seafood will depend on the results of the examination of exporters’ next shipments to the country. The information was sent in reply to the request by the Department of Agro-Forestry...
Australia, which needs to import 1.7 – 2 billion USD of fruit and vegetable each year, is a potential market for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable but its strict quarantine regulations remain a great obstacle, said the Vietnam Trade Office in the country. According to the Vietnam Customs, Vietnam exported over...
Nearly 100 overseas Vietnamese businesspeople gathered at a forum in Melbourne city, Australia, on June 28 to explore investment opportunities in Vietnam. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu said his working trip to Australia from June 25-29 aims to popularise the Party, State and Government’s incentives designed...
Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has certified the Hanoi Irradiation Centre to irradiate Vietnamese lychees exported to the market. The Plant Protection Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development received official recognition from the Australian department on June 20. The lychees will go through irradiation treatment in...
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has expressed hope that Australian investors will further increase their direct and indirect investment in Vietnam. Hosting a reception in Hanoi on June 8 for General Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Ian Narev and outgoing Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman,...
Australian agencies are finalising procedures to allow the import of Vietnamese mangoes into Australia from 2016, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia. That was good news for Vietnamese farmers as well as enterprises trading in fruit products, the office said. Now, the office has implemented market research and...
Australian trade officials are calling on food exporters to step up promotions in Vietnam to benefit from the growing market, reported Australian Associated Press (APP) on February 22. The news agency quoted Janelle Casey, Australia 's acting senior trade commissioner for Vietnam , as saying that a burgeoning middle class...
Vietnamese and Australian businesses explored trade and investment opportunities that will be created by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement during a forum held in Sydney on February 1. Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said the TPP plays a crucial role in trade relations between Vietnam and Australia...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam co-organised a forum on food safety, a pressing issue in the country, on November 11 in Hanoi. Participants shared information about good approaches to ensure food safety and identified areas for future collaboration to support the...
Researchers in Vietnam and Australia will begin exchanging sugar cane varieties after an agreement was signed by relevant agencies, according to the Nhan Dan newspaper. The deal also includes cooperation on research into sugarcane diseases and genens Sugar Research Australia (SRA)’s Executive Manager of Development Peter Allsopp said the biggest benefit...