With an area of about 28,500 hectares of lychee, the northern province of Bac Giang is expected to harvest 150,000 tonnes of fruit in the 2019 crop.
Bac Giang province is known as the largest concentrated lychee growing area in north Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Bac Giang province is entering the first days of the 2019 lychee harvest season (Photo: VNA)
Technical measures are taken to ensure the quality of lychee (Photo: VNA)
Bac Giang has 13,855 ha of lychee produced under VietGap standards and 218 ha of production under GlobalGap standards (Photo: VNA)
The brand name of Bac Giang lychee is protected in eight countries, including the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Singapore and Australia (Photo: VNA)
Last year, the fruit was certified by the Southeast Asian Records Organisation as one of the top 10 specialities of Southeast Asia (Photo: VNA)
Unofficial exports over the border to China will face technical barriers since the two nations have agreed to limit them and increase official exports, heard a recent seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.
With their high demand for agricultural products, the Republic of Korea and Japan offer opportunities for Vietnam to boost export of farm produce, especially fruits and vegetables, Do Quoc Hung, Deputy Director General of the Asia-Africa Market Department, has said.
Boasting 1.8 million hectares of fruit and vegetable plantation, with many various zones applied advanced technologies into production, Vietnam aims to gain 5 billion USD from farm produce exports by 2020.
The northern province of Bac Giang is well-known for its litchi. This early litchi season, farmers in the in Phuc Hoa commune, Tan Yen district are happy as their litchis are selling at a good price.