In recent years, Vietnam’s vegetables and fruits have entered markets with strict rules, such as the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

“After many years of export value under 1 billion USD, in recent years, the export value has made a breakthrough, which is why it was able to exceed the target this year, although there were many difficulties,” Huynh Quang Dau, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association said. 
This year and beyond, the vegetable and fruit industry will face long-term difficulties, including climate change, which would result in a reduction of vegetable and fruit output and quality, and land accumulation for the industry, Dau said.

Meanwhile, most enterprises of the industry are small- and medium-sized units with less capital, said Dau, adding that technical barriers in vegetable and fruit importing countries have also increased further.

Last year, Vietnam's total export value of vegetables and fruits was 2.4 billion U.S. dollars, some 200 million U.S. dollars higher than the yearly target.