Hung Yen longan fruits during harvest season

Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen. The fruit is round, its skin light yellow and firm, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent.

Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen, which has light yellow and firm skin, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent (Source: VNA)

On a farm of over 5,000 sq.m, the family of Tran Van Du in Ne Chau village, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city harvests over 13 tonnes of fresh longan fruits each year, earning nearly 200 million VND in profit (Source: VNA)

Classifying, packaging longan fruits in Ne Chau village, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city (Source: VNA)

Hung Yen province is home to some 4,340ha of longan fruit farming. Half of longan fruits are grown under VietGAP standards (Source: VNA)

This year's output reached 42,000 tonnes, up nearly 20 percent year-on-year (Source: VNA)

During 2018 crop, the province actively adopted technological advances to extend harvest season (Source: VNA)

The locality also boosted trade promotion to keep traditional markets and reach new ones overseas (Source: VNA)

So far, distribution networks and major supermarket chains such as Sai Gon Coop, Big C, Hapro, An Viet company have signed deals to purchase about 32,000 tonnes of fresh longan fruits (Source: VNA)

Classifying, packaging fruits in Ne Chau cooperative, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city (Source: VNA)

Tourists visit a longan orchard in Ne Chau cooperative, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city (Source: VNA)

Local farmers skin longan to make dry fruit in Ne Chau cooperative, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city (Source: VNA)

(Source: VNA)

(Source: VNA)

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