Let Hung Yen's longan 'have a good season, get a good price'

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien affirmed that Hung Yen's agricultural products in general and Hung Yen's longan products in particular, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue to support the province to promote trade promotion, publicity, marketing and introduce products and promote trade connections, consumption in domestic and export markets.

Hung Yen's longan has a good season

Information at the "Conference to promote consumption of longan and agricultural products in Hung Yen province in 2022" on August 9, Mr. Tran Quoc Van, Chairman of Hung Yen Provincial People's Committee said that in the 2022 crop year, the locality has 5,000 hectares of longan, in That area is being harvested is 4,800 ha. This year, due to the influence of weather, Hung Yen's longan harvest is later than every year, but it is still a good year with an expected output of about 45,000 tons.

Promoting the effectiveness of the method of buying and selling through the e-commerce floor during the recent COVID-19 epidemic, Mr. Van said that cooperatives, farms, and gardeners have been building stalls and implementing Buying and selling through e-commerce platforms, forming a new business method following the trend of industrial revolution 4.0. Therefore, there is no product congestion when in the main season.

Regarding exports, Hung Yen province has connected and coordinated with Vietnamese trade counselors abroad to select and participate in a number of international agricultural product trade promotion events to find new markets. , especially ASEAN countries, China, Japan, Australia, Singapore...

Hung Yen province also asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to introduce reputable domestic and foreign investors and enterprises to deploy projects on production and processing of agricultural products, especially export products. Hung Yen province in order to improve product value and improve farmers' lives.

The province also proposed the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to support local businesses and cooperatives to invest in building a system of cold storage and preliminary processing facilities to ensure export standards.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade continues to promote trade promotion of caged longan products

As the country's trade agency, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien affirmed that in the coming time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue to accompany and support Hung Yen in particular and localities in general, promoting trade promotion activities, promoting and introducing products and promoting trade connections and consumption of agricultural products in both domestic and export markets.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will actively support localities to develop e-commerce, promote distribution of goods through digital platforms and e-commerce channels; at the same time, directing Vietnam's Trade Offices abroad, especially those in major and important markets such as the US, EU, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Korea... Strengthen coordination and supply support providing market information, connecting and promoting product consumption, effectively exploiting the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that our country has signed (especially new generation FTAs such as: EVFTA, CPTPP, RCEP). ...) to expand and diversify markets, promote exports, especially the export of seasonal agricultural and aquatic products.

In addition, in order to facilitate the production and consumption of longan and agricultural products of Hung Yen province, it increasingly dominates domestic and foreign markets, bringing practical effects to producers, with a At the level of the industry and trade sector, the Minister of Industry and Trade suggested Hung Yen province thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Scheme on exporting through official channels approved by the Prime Minister.

In particular, it is necessary to focus on doing well in surveying and grasping the needs of the market; planning planting and rearing areas, organizing production to meet product safety standards, meeting the requirements of official export, and at the same time supporting the formation of linkage chains from production to preservation, processing and consumption, well organize the connection and signing of product consumption contracts between households and cooperatives with distribution enterprises, supermarket channels and export enterprises, ensuring the initiative and stabilizing the market product consumption.

To further promote the application of digital technology and e-commerce in trade promotion activities; strengthen market forecast information, production orientation; promoting the connection between the provincial Trade Promotion Center and the Trade Promotion Department, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and between the centers to share market information and support the expansion of distribution channels for customers. enterprises, cooperatives and producers.

In addition, the Minister said that the COVID-19 epidemic is still complicated in many countries, so the province needs to proactively grasp the situation and prepare the attitude, plan and effective way to deal with the situation for consumption of longan and agricultural products of the province in all situations; actively carry out parallel connection between businesses, cooperatives and producers with distribution traders, trade centers, supermarkets, supply chains, and product consumption.

Pay attention to measures to combat COVID-19 right from the harvesting stage

Counselor of Economic and Trade Ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam highly appreciated Hung Yen for holding a conference to promote consumption of longan and agricultural products in the past 2 years and affirmed to create all favorable conditions and is a bridge for agricultural products of Hung Yen and Vietnam to enter the Chinese market.

The representative of the Chinese Embassy also noted that businesses of Vietnam and Hung Yen should pay attention to measures to ensure the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic right from the stage of harvesting, storage to transportation to avoid congestion at airports. gate.

During the day, 20 enterprises and cooperatives of the province signed and implemented economic contracts to buy and sell longan, safe vegetables, turmeric, and medicinal herbs in Hung Yen province.

In particular, the signing ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement (MOU) between Central Retail Group and businesses and cooperatives in Hung Yen province, in order to promote the consumption of longan and goods of Hung Yen province on the retail system of Central Retail in Vietnam.

Source: Phan Trang - Do Huong/ baochinhphu.vn