The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is organising a Vietnamese dragon fruit week in large Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to promote the export of the fruit.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia is organising a Vietnamese dragon fruit week in large Australian cities from July 21 to August 10 to promote the export of the fruit.

Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has announced the fifth extension of time granted to issue the final report of the investigation into alleged dumping and subsidisation of precision pipe and tube steel imported from Vietnam, China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China).

Việt Nam and Australia are encouraged to soon finalise and sign their Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy this year, towards sustainable recovery post pandemic.

Australia plans to push up its import of frozen ginger products from Vietnam, with their value estimated to exceed VND100 billion (US$4.35 million) this year, according to the Vietnamese trade office in the country.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a meeting for visiting Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan in Hanoi on July 13.

Up to 25 tonnes of green mangoes grown in Mai Chau district of the northern mountainous province of Son La have recently been exported to Australia.

Local businesses in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) have shown their interest in joining the agricultural technology as well as food and beverage sectors in Vietnam – a promising market in their eyes.

Vietnam is emerging as a valuable market for Australian feed barley, buying over double the amount of Australian product this marketing year compared to the previous year.

Vietnam is now shipping its first two batches of fresh lychees to Australia - a promising export market for fresh Vietnamese lychees, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia.