Enhancing the Export Competitiveness of Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises in Spice, Fruit and Vegetable Sub-Sectors (SFV-Export)

Friday, May 6, 2022

Hanoi, May 6, 2022: Oxfam in Vietnam and the Vietnam Confederation of Trade and Industry (VCCI) organize a workshop to kick off the project "Enhancing the Export Competitiveness of Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises in Spice, Fruit and Vegetable Sub-Sectors (SFV-Export), funded by the European Union (EU).

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Overview of the workshop

The project will be implemented in two years from 2022 to 2023, in order to strengthen the export capacity to the European market for SMEs in the spice and vegetable industry, thereby contributing to increasing Vietnam's position in the global supply chain value.

The Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EVFTA) has expanded export opportunities for Vietnamese agricultural products as import taxes are abolished for most items, thus creating an outstanding advantage in terms of trade price. The total export value in 2020 is 855 million EURO, up 8% compared to that in 2019. Although the export opportunity to the European market is great, Vietnam's spice and vegetable industry currently accounts for less than 1% of the total import price of these goods from Europe.

Challenges for spice and vegetable businesses when they want to export to Europe can be named as strict technical standards on food safety and traceability; lack of information on needs, market tastes, and channels to reach European customers; brand recognition of Vietnamese spices and vegetables in the European market is not competitive enough; as well as the capacity and general voice of the industry is not strong.

The SFV-Export project supports businesses in the spice and vegetable value chain including exporters, suppliers of exporters, and other businesses in the industry through five core groups: intensive technical support to help businesses comply and be certified to meet European recognized food safety standards such as IFS, BRC, and Fairtrade certification; support marketing and developing markets activities, provide information on the market and connect businesses with potential partners from the European market; digitalize technical support and trade promotion on a specialized digital platform; support to improve policies and good practices related to workers, gender equality and environmental protection; promote multi-party cooperation to improve industry capacity and promote Vietnamese agricultural products to the European market.

In particular, the project will build and operate an advanced digital platform to provide fully and regularly updated market information, creating opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to connect with European customers. At the same time, the project promotes digital transformation support for businesses in supply chain management, corporate governance, marketing, and commerce.

“We hope that more and more Vietnamese enterprises will meet international standards for export. In addition to standards on production methods and products that are safe for the health of consumers, producers, and the natural ecosystem, standards such as Fairtrade have strict requirements for policies and practices of businesses in ensuring gender equality, a sustainable environment, and benefits for employees. We are striving towards oriented standards to achieve the highest goal of sustainable development and ensure the interests of producers. In addition to supporting standard practices in the above areas, Oxfam will connect multiple parties from state regulatory agencies, industry associations, and businesses in its global production and supply chain of spices, and vegetables", said Ms. Vu Thi Quynh Hoa, Country Director of Oxfam in Vietnam.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, General Secretary, Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry, Head of the Vietnam Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) in the EVFTA Agreement emphasized: "The fruit, vegetable, and spice industry is among the top industries that enjoy preferential tariffs from the EVFTA when exporting to the EU. In addition to meeting the technical requirements related to food safety and hygiene, the fruit and vegetable industry needs to pay attention to implementing and improving the contents (TO BE ADDED) to ensure compliance with regulations and recommendations on Trade and Sustainable Development of the Agreement if they want to export to the EU and benefit from EVFTA”.

The project "Enhancing the Export Competitiveness of Vietnamese Small and Medium Enterprises in Spice, Fruit and Vegetable Sub-Sectors (SFV-Export) is funded by the European Union, supported by Oxfam in Vietnam and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry cooperates to implement, together with the accompaniment of State management agencies, professional organizations on quality standards, trade promotion, Vietnamese business associations and European enterprises.

Tăng cường năng lực xuất khẩu cho doanh nghiệp nhỏ và vừa trong ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả Việt Nam

Hà Nội, ngày 6/5/2022: Tổ chức Oxfam tại Việt Nam cùng Liên đoàn Thương mại và Công nghiệp Việt Nam (VCCI) tổ chức Hội thảo khởi động dự án “Tăng cường năng lực xuất khẩu cho doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ (DNNVV) trong ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả Việt Nam”/SFV-Export, do Liên minh Châu Âu (EU) tài trợ.

Dự án được triển khai trong hai năm 2022 – 2023, nhằm tăng cường năng lực xuất khẩu vào thị trường Châu Âu cho các DNNVV trong ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả, từ đó, góp phần nâng cao vị thế của Việt Nam trong chuỗi giá trị toàn cầu.

Hiệp định Thương mại Tự do giữa Việt Nam và Liên minh Châu Âu (EVFTA) đã mở rộng cơ hội xuất khẩu cho nông sản Việt Nam, khi thuế nhập khẩu được bãi bỏ với hầu hết các mặt hàng, tạo lợi thế vượt trội về giá bán. Tổng giá trị xuất khẩu năm 2020 là 855 triệu EURO, tăng 8% so với năm 2019. Dù cơ hội xuất khẩu vào thị trường Châu Âu rất lớn, ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả Việt Nam hiện chiếm chưa đến 1% tổng giá trị nhập khẩu các mặt hàng này của Châu Âu.

Thách thức đối với các doanh nghiệp gia vị, rau quả khi muốn xuất khẩu sang Châu Âu có thể kể đến các tiêu chuẩn kỹ thuật khắt khe về an toàn thực phẩm, truy xuất nguồn gốc; thiếu thông tin về nhu cầu, thị hiếu thị trường và kênh tiếp cận khách hàng Châu Âu; nhận diện thương hiệu các mặt hàng gia vị, rau quả Việt Nam tại thị trường Châu Âu chưa đủ sức cạnh tranh; và năng lực, tiếng nói chung của ngành hàng chưa mạnh.

Dự án SFV-Export hỗ trợ các doanh nghiệp trong chuỗi giá trị ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả bao gồm các doanh nghiệp xuất khẩu, nhà cung cấp của các doanh nghiệp xuất khẩu, và các doanh nghiệp khác trong ngành thông qua năm nhóm hoạt động chính: hỗ trợ kỹ thuật chuyên sâu giúp doanh nghiệp tuân thủ và được chứng nhận đáp ứng các tiêu chuẩn an toàn thực phẩm do Châu Âu công nhận như IFS, BRC và chứng nhận Fairtrade; hỗ trợ hoạt động marketing, phát triển thị trường, cung cấp thông tin về thị trường và kết nối doanh nghiệp với các đối tác tiềm năng từ thị trường Châu Âu; số hóa các hỗ trợ kỹ thuật và xúc tiến thương mại trên nền tảng số chuyên biệt; hỗ trợ cải thiện chính sách và thực hành tốt liên quan đến người lao động, bình đẳng giới và bảo vệ môi trường; thúc đẩy hợp tác đa bên để nâng cao năng lực ngành và quảng bá nông sản Việt Nam vào thị trường Châu Âu.

Đặc biệt, Dự án sẽ xây dựng và vận hành một nền tảng số tiên tiến nhằm cung cấp đầy đủ, thường xuyên thông tin thị trường cập nhật, tạo cơ hội để doanh nghiệp Viêt Nam kết nối với khách hàng Châu Âu. Đồng thời, Dự án cũng đẩy mạnh hỗ trợ doanh nghiệp chuyển đổi số trong quản lý chuỗi cung ứng, quản trị doanh nghiệp, mar- keting, thương mại.

“Chúng tôi mong muốn ngày càng nhiều doanh nghiệp Việt Nam được công nhận đạt các tiêu chuẩn quốc tế về xuất khẩu. Bên cạnh các tiêu chuẩn về phương pháp sản xuất và sản phẩm đảm bảo an toàn cho sức khỏe người tiêu dùng, người sản xuất và hệ sinh thái tự nhiên, các tiêu chuẩn như Fairtrade yêu cầu khắt khe đối với các chính sách và thực hành của doanh nghiệp trong việc đảm bảo bình đẳng giới, môi trường bền vững, quyền lợi cho người lao động. Hướng tới các tiêu chuẩn định hướng để đạt đến mục tiêu cao nhất là phát triển bền vững và đảm bảo quyền lợi cho người sản xuất. Bên cạnh việc hỗ trợ thực hành tiêu chuẩn trong các lĩnh vực trên, Oxfam sẽ kết nối đa bên từ các cơ quan quản lý nhà nước, các hiệp hội ngành hàng, và các doanh nghiệp trong chuỗi sản xuất và cung ứng toàn cầu của ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả”, bà Vũ Thị Quỳnh Hoa, Giám đốc Quốc gia, tổ chức Oxfam tại Việt Nam chia sẻ.

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Bà Vũ Thị Quỳnh Hoa, Giám đốc Quốc gia, tổ chức Oxfam tại Việt Nam chia sẻ tại hội thảo

Bà Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh, Tổng Thư ký, Liên đoàn Thương mại và Công nghiệp Việt Nam, Trưởng Nhóm tư vấn trong nước (DAG) Việt Nam trong Hiệp định EVFTA nhấn mạnh: “Ngành rau quả, gia vị thuộc top đầu ngành được hưởng ưu đãi thuế quan từ hiệp định EVFTA khi xuất khẩu sang EU. Ngoài việc đáp ứng các yêu cầu kỹ thuật liên quan đến VSATTP, ngành rau quả, gia vị cần quan tâm thực hiện tốt, cải thiện những nội dung (TO BE ADDED) để đảm bảo tuân thủ những quy định, khuyến nghị về Thương mại và Phát triển Bền vững của Hiệp định nếu muốn xuất khẩu sang EU và hưởng lợi từ EVFTA”.

Dự án “Tăng cường năng lực xuất khẩu cho doanh nghiệp vừa và nhỏ trong ngành hàng gia vị, rau quả Việt Nam”/SFV-Export do Liên minh Châu Âu tài trợ, được Tổ chức Oxfam tại Việt Nam và Liên đoàn Thương mại và công nghiệp Việt Nam phối hợp thực hiện, với sự đồng hành của các cơ quan quản lý Nhà nước, các tổ chức chuyên môn về tiêu chuẩn chất lượng, xúc tiến thương mại cùng các hiệp hội doanh nghiệp Việt Nam, doanh nghiệp Châu Âu.

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Dành cho biên tập

Tài liệu hội thảo: LINK
Liên hệ báo chí:
Nguyễn Thị Hồng Phượng, Quản lý Truyền thông, Oxfam tại Việt Nam Email: phuong.nguyenthihong@oxfam.org
Mobile: 0982 05 45 69

Tổ chức Oxfam tại Việt Nam

Oxfam là một phong trào đấu tranh toàn cầu, vì một thế giới bình đẳng, không còn nghèo đói và bất công. Oxfam có 21 tổ chức thành viên làm việc tại 70 quốc gia.
Oxfam tại Việt Nam tin rằng nghèo đói, bất công và bất bình đẳng sẽ giảm khi có sự tương tác giữa công dân tích cực, chính quyền có trách nhiệm và khu vực tư nhân. Đây cũng là nền tảng cho sự phát triển của Việt Nam. Oxfam tại Việt Nam hướng tới vận động dịch chuyển từ mô hình phát triển tập trung vào tăng trưởng sang mô hình phát triển Nền kinh tế Nhân văn, được xây dựng trên chín yếu tố cốt lõi: (1) đo lường những điều thực sự có ý nghĩa từ góc độ bất bình đẳng và nghèo đa chiều, công việc chăm sóc không được trả lương, và môi trường; (2) điều tiết được thị trường chứ không để thị trường chi phối; (3) chấm dứt giàu có cực đoan; (4) thuế luỹ tiến; (5) dịch vụ công phổ quát; (6) bình đẳng giới; (7) việc làm tử tế với mức lương công bằng và đủ sống cho người lao động; (8) các mô hình kinh doanh có trách nhiệm và bao trùm; (9) sự tham gia của người dân.

Liên đoàn Thương mại và Công nghiệp Việt Nam (VCCI)

VCCI là tổ chức quốc gia tập hợp và đại diện cho cộng đồng doanh nghiệp, doanh nhân, người sử dụng lao động và các hiệp hội doanh nghiệp ở Việt Nam nhằm mục đích phát triển, bảo vệ và hỗ trợ cộng đồng doanh nghiệp, góp phần phát triển kinh tế - xã hội của đất nước, thúc đẩy quan hệ hợp tác kinh tế, thương mại và khoa học, công nghệ với nước ngoài trên cơ sở bình đẳng và cùng có lợi, theo quy định của pháp luật.

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Workshop material: LINK
Press contact:
Nguyen Thi Hong Phuong, Communications Manager, Oxfam in Vietnam Email: phuong.nguyenthihong@oxfam.org
Mobile: 0982 05 45 69

Oxfam organization in Vietnam

Oxfam is a global movement for an equal world, free of poverty and injustice. Oxfam has 21 member organizations working in 70 countries.
Oxfam in Vietnam believes that poverty, injustice, and inequality are reduced when there is an interaction between active citizens, responsible government, and the private sector. This is also the foundation for the development of Vietnam. Oxfam in Vietnam aims to advocate for a shift from a growth-focused development model to a Human Economy development model, built on nine core elements: (1) measuring what's really makes sense from the perspective of inequality and multidimensional poverty, unpaid care work, and the environment; (2) regulate the market, not let the market dominate; (3) end extreme wealth; (4) progressive tax; (5) universal public service; (6) gender equality; (7) decent work with fair and living wages for workers; (8) responsible and inclusive business models; (9) citizen participation.

Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)

VCCI is a national organization that gathers and represents the business community, entrepreneurs, employers, and business associations in Vietnam for the purpose of developing, protecting, and supporting the business community, contributing to the country's socio-economic development, promoting economic, trade, and scientific and technological cooperation relations with foreign countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, as prescribed by law.

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