The 22 nd Vietnamese International Exhibition, Vietnam Expo 2012, opened its doors in Hanoi on April 4, with numerous kinds of products on display.

Garments and textiles retained their role as Vietnam’s leading exports in the first quarter of 2012, with export earnings reaching US$3.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.4 percent.

Development of large-scale orchards based on connectivity between farmers and businesses, application of the Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) standards and the attraction of international assistance are key to increasing fruit production and exports.

Trung Nguyen Coffee Group inaugurated a plant, the fifth in its largest and most modern coffee processing facility system in Asia , in northern Bac Giang province on March 28.

Vietnam’s export earnings from agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products in the first three months of 2012 reached nearly US$5.9 billion, approximately equal to last year’s first-quarter figure.