Vietnamese farm produce promoted at VegfestUK 2022 (Photo: VNA)This year’s event attracted the participation of 230 units,over 100 speakers, and 10,000 visitors.
Vietnamese enterprises brought rice, coffee, tea, cashewnuts, dried noodle, and environmentally-friendly products such as wooden strawsand paper cups to the festival.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tiensaid that the export of agricultural products to the UK has enjoyed rapidgrowth in recent years and is expected to surpass 1 billion USD this year, up12% year-on-year. To date, over 500 Vietnamese agricultural products have beenavailable at the European country’s supermarkets.
As potential for trade cooperation in agriculture remainshuge, the two Governments need step up trade promotion in this field toincrease the export value to 30-35% next year, he added.
Earlier on November 11, at a Vietnam-UK business connectivity workshop held inLondon within the framework of Tien’s working visit to the UK, the official affirmed that the UK is one of the important and strategic partners ofthe Vietnamese agricultural sector.
The Vietnamese Government hopes to attract and cooperatewith UK businesses in agricultural production, and the processing, preservationand distribution of agricultural products and food, stated Tien./.
VNA
