April 3, 2025 | 17:04 GMT +7

  • Click to copy
Friday- 11:24, 29/03/2024

Prepare all conditions to export coconuts and frozen durians

(VAN) Director of the Plant Protection Department Huynh Tan Dat requested the review of growing areas and facilities packing coconuts and frozen durians.

Document No. 689/BVTV-HTQT dated 03/26/2024 states: To prepare all conditions for registration of planting unit codes and packaging facilities and to accelerate the process of opening the market for fresh coconuts and frozen durians exported from Vietnam to China; after the Protocol was signed, The Plant Protection Department requests the Crop Production and Plant Protection Sub-department/Professional agencies of provinces and cities to coordinate in implementing the following contents:

Frozen durian from Sarita Company. Photo: Sarita.

Frozen durian from Sarita Company. Photo: Sarita.

Inform and guide organizations and individuals wishing to register growing areas, fresh coconut packaging facilities and frozen durian packaging facilities for export to the Chinese market.

Review, check and evaluate the field and compile a list of growing areas and packaging facilities for fresh coconuts (green-shelled fruit, peeled coconuts) and packaging facilities for frozen durian (durian fruit with skin, durian puree and durian pulp without skin), require them to have enough documents, equipment and machinery to meet the plant quarantine and food safety requirements of the importing country; send the results of the evaluated list to the Plant Protection Department no later than April 1, 2024 for synthesis.

During implementation, if you have any problems or need more detailed instructions, please immediately inform the Plant Protection Department for timely resolution.

Author: Nguyen Mai Phuong

Translated by Hoang Duy

Deputy Ministers propose solutions to restructure the agricultural sector

Deputy Ministers propose solutions to restructure the agricultural sector

(VAN) When agricultural land can no longer be expanded, the only solution is to increase the value generated per unit of cultivated area.

New FAO-led study highlights that improving productivity is key to reducing antibiotic use in livestock

New FAO-led study highlights that improving productivity is key to reducing antibiotic use in livestock

(VAN) Global antibiotic use in livestock could rise by almost 30 percent by 2040.

Reduction of import taxes on many items from March 31, 2025

Reduction of import taxes on many items from March 31, 2025

(VAN) Some items such as cars, wood, ethanol, frozen chicken legs, pistachios, almonds, fresh apples, cherries, raisins... will be subject to the new preferential import tax rates.

The proposal for carbon trading on the exchange through the agreement method

The proposal for carbon trading on the exchange through the agreement method

(VAN) The Ministry of Finance is gathering opinions on the draft Decree for domestic carbon trading exchanges, with two types of commodities: greenhouse gas emission allowances and carbon credits.

Sustainable water management emerges as an urgent need

Sustainable water management emerges as an urgent need

(VAN) On World Water Day (March 22), Deputy Director of the Department of Water Resources Management, Dr. Nguyen Minh Khuyen shared his insights on solutions for the sustainable management of water resources.

Green bonds for agriculture: Mobilizing finance for transformation initiatives

Green bonds for agriculture: Mobilizing finance for transformation initiatives

(VAN) Transforming agriculture toward sustainability, climate resilience, and low emissions demands bold innovation—most notably, the large-scale mobilization of financial resources.

Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets

Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets

(VAN) Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated.

Read more