An Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of AnGiang on January 5 exported a total of seven tonnes of green-peel elephant mango (Mangifera Indica) toAustralia and the US.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Chairman of Cho Moi district People’sCommittee Doan Thanh Loc said that export initially affirmed the positionof the locality’s fruit in demanding markets like Australia and the US. This isalso a significant event of the local agricultural sector, helping bring about enormouseconomic opportunities while bolstering the image and reputation of the province’sagricultural products in the international market.
Huynh Kim Dinh, Deputy Director General of the Department of Cooperativesand Rural Development, said her office commits to continue accompanying, supporting andcreating favourable conditions for local cooperatives and enterprises toparticipate in the project and promote the development of sustainable mangoproduction - consumption links.
Cho Moi district has the largest mango growing area in An Giangprovince with more than 6,401ha. In 2009, 40 mango farming households in TanMy, My Hiep, and Binh Phuoc communes of the district carried out mango productionaccording to VietGAP standards under the direction of the Central HorticulturalAssociation.
The district has issued 41 area codes forplanting green elephant mango with an area of over 6,149ha for export toChina, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, and the US./.