UNIDO in collaboration with SECO and MARD organized the Inception workshop of the project GQSP Viet Nam - Phase 2 “Increasing standard and quality compliance capacity of the Vietnam’s tropical fruit value chains”

Viet Nam’s first batch of pomelos was exported to the United States from Ben Tre Province (Mekong River Delta) on Monday, November 28, 2022, at a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the provincial People's Committee. After nearly six years of negotiations, the US market is unlocked to Viet Nam’s fresh pomelos.

In order to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of Viet Nam's tropical fruit export industry, on September 11, 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Viet Nam Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology (VIAEP) and the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance, Processing and Market Development (NAFIQPM) organized  the workshop “Increasing standard and quality compliance capacity of the Viet Nam’s tropical fruit value chains to promote exports”.