Hai Duong’s dragon fruits get cultivation zone codes for export

Some 30 ha of dragon fruits in northern Hai Duong province have officially been granted with cultivation zone codes for export to the US, Australia and China.
Hai Duong’s dragon fruits get cultivation zone codes for export ảnh 1Hai Duong's dragon fruits (Photo: VNA)

Hai Duong (VNA) – Some 30 ha of dragon fruits in northern Hai Duong province have officially been granted with cultivation zone codes for export to the US, Australia and China.

According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment’s Authority of Crop Production and Plant Protection, the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department agreed to issuethree cultivation zone codes to 30ha of Dai Uyen dragon fruits in Bach Dangcommune in Kinh Mon township for export to the US, Australia and China after they weretested free from pesticide residue.

The Plant Protection Department will sendnotifications to the authority after the General Administration of Customs of China and the US Animaland Plant Health Inspection Service approvedcultivation zone codes.

Hai Duong’s dragon fruits are harvested from July to November. Chi Linh city ishome to about 170 ha of dragon fruits, mostly in Hoang Hoa Tham and Bac Ancommunes, Hoang Tien ward.

Hai Duong is now home to around 200 ha of dragon fruits, whichare mostly grown in Kinh Mon township and Chi Linh city. They are predominantlyconsumed in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh./.

VNA

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