Representatives from agencies, localities and enterprises at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA)The products are manufactured by AVANEST Vietnam NutritionJoint Stock Company - the first Vietnamese allowed to provide processed bird’snests and cooked bird’s nest pots to China.
The event marked an important milestone of the Vietnamese agricultural sectoras well as the bird’s nest industry in penetrating the world largest bird’s nestconsuming market with a demand of more than 300 tonnes per year, accounting forabout 80% of the global consumption.
Chinese data showed that China imported 220 tonnes of bird’s nests in 2020,more than 300 tonnes in 2021 and 425 tonnes in 2022, mostly from Indonesia,Malaysia, Thailand and now Vietnam.
In Vietnam, bird nest farming for commercial purposes is anew industry started in 2004 in the Southern provinces, developing rapidly over the last decade.
Currently, 42 out of 63 provinces engage in bird'snest farming with over 22,000 bird's nest houses. Vietnam's annual bird's nestoutput is about 150 tonnes worth over 600 million USD. With the effectivenessof the protocol with China, the Vietnamese bird's nest industry has manyopportunities for development.
At the ceremony, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in bird’s nestexport was signed between the Bird’s Nest Associations of Binh Dinh province,Gia Lai province’s Quang Da and Chu Se districts, An Giang province and QuangNgai province and AVANEST Vietnam Nutrition Joint Stock Company.
Under thedeal, the associations will provide raw materials to AVANEST Vietnam for processingfor export. Meanwhile, the firm will supply the associations with training onfarming and harvesting techniques as well as management tools serving theiroperations./.
VNA
