Dragon fruit enters New Zealand market
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Signatories to the programme were Nguyen Xuan Hong, head of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi.
New Zealand Ambassador Haike Manning said the guarantee programme includes procedures and pre-export activities to ensure that dragon fruit exported to New Zealand meets all the safety requirements for consumers’ health.
With the programme in effect, Vietnam is the first and only country to be licensed to ship the product to New Zealand, said the ambassador.
He expressed his hope that the first shipment of Vietnamese dragon fruit will soon dock at New Zealand ports.
New Zealand imported Vietnamese mangoes in 2011 and is current considering purchasing Vietnamese rambutan.
It has recently funded various projects to plant new varieties of fruits in Vietnam.
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