Call to improve the quality of farm products

Market expansion: A shop selling rice, nuts and other agricultural products in a market at Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Among the challenges faced by local exporters are increasingly stricter rules of origin and reliability, say experts. — Bloomberg

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnamese exporters need to continue to improve the reliability of agricultural products and ensure quality, safety and sustainability to compete globally, according to industry insiders.

Phung Duc Tien, deputy minister of the Agriculture and Rural Development, said that with a number of free trade agreements (FTAs) Vietnam has signed, exporters would have greater opportunities to expand export markets.