The northern province of Bac Giang will facilitate the development of 18 community-based tourism sites in the 2020-2025 period, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 2021 Thieu lychee crop has generated over 6.8 trillion VND (over 296 million USD) in revenues from fruit sales and related services for the northern province of Bac Giang, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

Yen The district in northern Bac Giang province provides the market with around 12-14 million hill chickens worth 1.5 trillion VND every year, turning free-range chicken farming into sustainable livelihoods for local people.

The northern province of Bac Giang will bring its strengths into full play to make tourism a major economic contributor and welcome about 3-3.5 million tourist arrivals each year by 2025, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Trong Bac.

Obtaining a certificate of Geographical Indication (GI) helps facilitate the export of thieu lychee to fastidious international markets like Japan, according to Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Anh Duong.

The People's Committee of Bac Giang province has approved a night-time economic development project for the 2021 - 2030 period with the aim to promote the development of evening economic activities in the locality, and turn Bac Giang into a vibrant and attractive destination, meeting the needs of working, entertaining, shopping, enjoying food and experiencing the nightlife of locals and visitors.

The northern province of Bac Giang is applying measures to implement its investment promotion programme for 2021 with an aim to attract about 1.3 billion USD worth of investment in 2021, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Anh Duong.

Bac Giang’s Tan Yen district has signed cooperation contract with six businesses in selling lychee, a specialty fruit of the northern province.

Never before have the prices and sale of lychee received such great attention as it is now. And perhaps, authorities and people of northern Bac Giang province have never been so proud of and confident with this kind of fruit despite the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An online portal has been launched to help farmers in pandemic-hit Bac Giang province sell their lychees.

A Japanese expert has spent half a month assisting in fighting Covid-19 pandemic in the northern coronavirus hotspot Bac Giang. He expressed his admiration for the country’s solidarity in response to the pandemic.

The northern province of Bac Giang is striving to develop 32 urban areas by 2030, raising its urbanisation ratio to about 32.4 percent in 2025 and 45-59 percent in 2030, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Duong Van Thai.

A teleconference linking 29 locations at home and abroad was held on June 8 to discuss lychee consumption this year.

As the latest outbreak of COVID-19 continues to make its presence felt in Bac Giang province, local lychee growers are focusing on protecting their crop. A host of measures have been adopted to ensure their lychees are safe from the disease.