Chinese and Thai vegetables and fruits are still massively entering Vietnam even in the middle of the peak season of Vietnamese fruits. On average, Vietnamese people spend over VND 127 billion a day to buy and use imported vegetables and fruits. Currently, the country’s imports of fruits and vegetables from Thailand and China reached over 627.79 million USD, accounting for 63.4 per cent of the total import value of vegetables and fruits of the whole country.

Vietnam’s imports of fruits and vegetables from Thailand reached 407.66 million USD in the first six months of this year, up by 22.3 per cent over the same period of 2018. Meanwhile, the imports of fruits and vegetables from China reached 220.13 million USD, up by 53.8 per cent.

The imports of fruits and vegetables from the US market in the first 6 months of this year also increased strongly by 70 per cent compared to the same period last year, reaching 116.37 million USD; while the imports from Australia increased by 38.4 per cent to 57.64 million USD.

Market	June of 2019	+/- June of 2019 vs. May of 2019 (%)	First 6 months of 2019	+/- First 6 months of 2019 vs. same period of 2018 (%)
Total	147.496.622	-23,52	990,228,881	34.57
Thailand	39.099.553	-40,75	407,655,813	22.31
China	45.176.943	-4,92	220,134,602	53.8
The U.S	21.162.229	-11,96	116,367,699	70.01
Australia	9.400.361	-39,42	57,639,767	38.38
Myanmar	4.465.091	-25,2	29,799,619	79.13
New Zealand	8.280.009	-15,68	26,263,898	22.88
Cambodia	4.158.434	-20,09	24,302,980
South Africa	1.619.183	-22,96	17,788,568	36.21
India	3.530.695	56,87	13,768,953	6.22
South Korea	1.020.402	-31,05	13,184,687	8.32
Laos	1.510.066	-19,28	6,423,386
Chile	1.760.004	-44,1	6,042,150	12.97
Canada	228.958	0,73	3,785,395
Israel	350.569	-20,83	2,719,388	170.98
Brazil	344.793	-4,47	2,027,970	-22.78
Malaysia	414.029	166,41	1,478,846	-8.04