Organic banana farming in Gia Lai province (Photo: VNA)The event is organised under an initiative of Mekong Organics, the Export Councilof Australia; the Centre for Rural Development-Saemaul Undong under theUniversity of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, HCMCity; and the VOAA.
Stories of Vietnamese organic farming together with delicioustastes of such organic products as coconut flower nectar juice, pepper, tea,coffee and cashew will be introduced in Sydney, Bairnsdale and Melbourne.
During their stay, the delegation will visit organic cultivation models in Canberra, New South Wales’ Riverina region and Victoria’s Gippsland region,and meet with several Australian organisations.
The trip aims at helping improve Vietnamese firms’ production and processingcapacity, while connecting them with Australian importers and leading organicfarming trainers.
According to Director of Mekong Organics Nguyen Van Kien, who is also theDirector of the project on enhancing investment and trade promotion of organicagricultural products between Vietnam and Australia, the trip plays an importantrole in building Australia’s trust in Vietnamese organic products’quality.
He expressed his hope that Vietnam’s organic cultivation, processing and tradewill be improved in the coming time./.
VNA
