Vietnam exports many fruits, flowers to China

Vietnam has exported a large volume of tropical fruits and fresh flowers to China via its Mong Cai border gate in northern Quang Ninh province since early this month, according to a local trade agency on Friday.

Vietnamese firms export some 40 tons of rambutans a week to China's southern region, the Trade Information Center under the Trade Ministry said, predicting that the volume can reach 50 tons a week soon.

Besides rambutans, Chinese consumers are favoring Vietnamese jackfruits and some kinds of melons.

In the first week of July, Vietnam exported 10,000 twigs of flowers totaling over 25,000 yuan (some 3,300 U.S. dollars) to China via the border gate. The Vietnamese flowers, mainly daisy, rose and lily, are selling well in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, said the center.

Vietnam earned 323.7 million dollars from exporting different kinds of products to China via the border gate in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, it spent 105.4 million dollars importing Chinese items, the center said.