China, Vietnam sign MOU on import, export of plants

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China, Vietnam sign MOU on import, export of plants

China and Vietnam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen quality inspection and quarantine on farm produce and plants imported from both countries.

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China and Vietnam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen quality inspection and quarantine on farm produce and plants imported from both countries.

Both sides agreed that the MOU, signed here Wednesday, was a major step forward in assuring entry-and-exit safety of large amounts of farm produce and plants.

After careful deliberation, agricultural officials from Vietnamconfirmed that rice seeds Vietnam had imported from China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were free from plant diseases andinsect pests and would not lodge any special inspection and quarantine on hybrid rice seeds imported from this southwest Chinaregion in the future.

According to the MOU, the two sides will strengthen quarantine on fruits and other farm produce imported from opposite sides, to prevent export of farm produce that does not meet stipulations of relevant laws and safety requirements of each country.

The two sides also agreed to timely report any case involving the discovery of poisonous organisms and substances from plants and plant products imported from the other country, and would jointly seek ways to resolve the problem.

The two sides also reached consensus on sending officials to the other country to carry out quality inspection and quarantine on fruits scheduled to be exported to the other side.

Officials from the State Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine of China and representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development participated in the signing ceremony held on Wednesday in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Both sides spoke highly of the role the MOU would play in improving bilateral capabilities in dealing with serious epidemicsinvolving plants and farm produce.

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