Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Liet said the export of the first shipment of sweet potatoes showed that the quality of the province's potato products has improved, meeting the requirements of the General Administration of Customs China (GACC).

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At the event

Vinh Long’s agriculture sector has coordinated with departments and localities to guide farmers to improve the cultivation and harvesting processes as well as apply scientific advances to enhance productivity, creating products that satisfy strict demand on quality, food safety and consumer health in line with international standards.

According to Le Van Thiet, Vice Director of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the MARD and GACC signed a protocol on quarantine requirements for sweet potato exports to China in November 2022.

The GACC recently sent a diplomatic note to the department to inform the results of the inspection on Vietnamese enterprises that export sweet potatoes to China. Accordingly, Vietnam’s 70 sweet potato cultivation areas and 13 packaging facilities have been licensed to export to China. Of these, Vinh Long has 27 planting areas and three packing facilities that have been granted codes for exporting to the Chinese market.

Vinh Long province’s Binh Tan district has more than 10,000 ha under the crop with an average output of 300 tons a year.

Vietnam is home to about 100,000ha of sweet potato cultivation areas with a total output of 1.2-1.3 million tons, which are abundant for export.

Source: VNA