Deepening organic agriculture trade and investment between Australia & Vietnam

31 August, 2023 by mekongorganicsaustralia

Trade introduction between the Australian and Vietnamese Organic Businesses at the ECA’s Super Exchange in Sydney NSW Australia on 24 Aug 2023

Project Description [Mô tả dự án]

Photo: Project activities (Các hoạt động chính của dự án)

Australia Organic Study Tour from 17 to 26 March 2024

The purpose of the Grant is to deepen the organic agriculture trade relationship between Australian and Vietnamese businesses. The Grant is being provided as part of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Grant (AVEG) Program Round Two. AVEG Round Two will advance Australia’s international economic interests through bilateral engagement on trade and investment policy priorities of the Australian Government.  The objectives of the grant program are to:

Support and build the capacity of Australian businesses to access the Vietnamese market and/or expand the two-way investment relationship;  
Enhance industry, institutional, and government-to-government links to build stronger trade and investment partnerships between Australia and Vietnam;
Provide policy research and insights for use by businesses and government to expand the bilateral trade and investment relationship.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:

Increase public awareness of Australia’s economic opportunities in Vietnam;   
Develop more high-quality partnerships across sectors in Australia and Vietnam;   
Increase Australian capacity to effectively engage with Vietnam in existing and emerging areas of mutual economic interest.

Overall, the grant program aims to assist Australia and Vietnam in meeting the policy objectives of the Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy of becoming a mutual top ten trading partner and doubling two-way investment.

Mekong Organics role in the program is to deepen organic agriculture trade and investment between Australia and Vietnam, as follows:

To provide export-ready training for both Australian and Vietnamese businesses;
To host organic agriculture trade and investment forums in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to foster Australian and Vietnamese business partnerships;
To host an organic study tour for Vietnamese business and organization partners to visit Australian organic food businesses;
To undertake monitoring and evaluation and promote items 1-3.

The intended Activity Outcomes are:

To harness the diversity of Australian and Vietnamese small and medium enterprises in the organic agriculture sector, including organic food, organic input (fertilizers, bio-products, and services, certification, and traceability), and increase industry and government links for more robust trade.
To increase bilateral trade and investment by building and supporting the capacity of Australian and Vietnamese businesses to access respective organic food markets, including by providing export-ready training (delivered by the Export Council of Australia) to 30 Australian businesses and 60 Vietnamese businesses and hosting an in-person trade forum for business and government in Hanoi and HCMC;

Partners in the program include the Organic Agriculture Association (OAA) based in Gippsland, Australia, National Association of Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA), Arrow Foods (Sydney), Obe Organics, Export Council of Australia (ECA), Regeneration International and Vietnamese partners: Green Coco, Viethaus, CCI-AGU, Tay Nguyen Ecological and Organic Cooperative, Center for Organic Agriculture, Vina Samex, Abavina JSC, Tan Dat Cooperative, Viet Ha Company, Minh Phu Mangrove Shrimp Social Enterprise, VOAA (Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association), PGS Vietnam – Participatory Guarantee System, The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) of Vietnam Farmers’ Union, Ech Op Farm Company, Innovative Farmer Cooperative (IFC), Centre For Rural Development-SAEMAUL UNDONG, and Foodo.

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