Vietnam has formally lifted the ban on import of Indian groundnut, thereby providing market access after nine months. The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MARD) has formally communicated the decision to the Indian Government stating that the Plant Protection Department of Vietnam (PPD) will issue import permits for groundnuts for January 18, 2016.

The country had temporarily suspended import of groundnuts from India from April 6, 2015, due to interception of quarantine pests — Caryedon serratus and Trogodrma granarium – in consignments exported since January, 2015.

The lifting of ban comes in the wake of the visit of a delegation from Vietnam to India in December 2015, which was satisfied after seeing the fumigation facilities, export procedures and export certification system for export of groundnuts from India, as per the Standard Operating Procedure developed by the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Faridabad.

 Did You Know??? 

• The capital city of Vietnam is Hanoi.
• For two decades non-communist South Vietnam, aided by the U.S., fought North Vietnam, backed by China and the Soviet Union.
• American troops withdrew in 1973, and two years later South Vietnam fell. In 1976 the country was reunified under a communist regime.
• The currency of Vietnam is called the dong.