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After nearly 5 years of project implementation, the amount of clams and bamboo exported from Vietnam to the EU increased by 38-42% thanks to the international certificate.
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Clam harvest in Go Cong - Tien Giang |
On March 23, in Nghe An province, a workshop was held to summarize the project “Sustainable and comprehensive development of clam and bamboo value chains in Vietnam” (SCBV). The project was invested with a value of 4.3 million Euros funded by the European Union to be implemented in 5 provinces: Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh and Ben Tre.
The project is implemented by Oxfam in Vietnam in collaboration with the Center for Non-Timber Forest Products Research (under the Forestry Science Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the Center for International Cooperation on Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries (under the Vietnam Fisheries Association), and the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
150 delegates from production groups, cooperatives and processing - export enterprises in the clam and bamboo industry in 5 provinces: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Tra Vinh attended the workshop to share successes and experiences.
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Bamboo processing to make rattan and bamboo materials for export. Photo by Oxfam |
According to the assessment, in 2018, when the project started, about 1.5 million small-scale producers in Vietnam had income from clam and bamboo production and processing, but faced many difficulties and challenges. Bamboo raw material areas were depleted due to degradation, overexploitation and lack of care. Clam beds in the three provinces of Tra Vinh, Tien Giang and Ben Tre were shrinking and tended to be distributed further from the shore.
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Clam harvest in Go Cong - Tien Giang |
However, thanks to this project, after nearly 5 years of implementation, more than 34,000 people have had more sustainable income from clam and bamboo production, 125 production groups have been better organized, 63 enterprises have improved production and business, more than 4,000 new jobs have been created, increasing Vietnamese clam exports to Europe from 38% to 40%, bamboo exports have increased by 42%...
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Vietnamese bamboo products exported to Europe. Photo by Oxfam |
A notable success is that the project participants have been granted international certificates for clams and bamboo to act as passports to major export markets such as the US, Japan, Europe, Japan, etc. and thereby helping to preserve sustainable clam and bamboo raw material areas, minimizing environmental and social impacts.
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