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Authorities in Tra Vinh province are trying to link up companies and farmers growing organic coconuts for mutual benefit.

Export turnover of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre reached more than 656 million USD in the first half of 2021, up 14.11 percent from the same period last year.

An enterprise based in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has been stepping up the export of coconut shell activated carbon and other coconut products as a way to benefit the company itself and local farmers.

Climate change has affected crop yields in the country but coconut can adapt and offer high value to farmers, experts have said.

Nguyen Thi Kim Truyen from Ben Tre province’s Chau Thanh district, who has been making coconut oil for decades, has started selling her product online.

A “Ben Tre coconut village day” programme will run on e-commerce platform lazada.vn on April 25 to bring the Mekong Delta province’s coconut products to a wider community of online consumers.

The fifth coconut festival in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is scheduled to take place from November 12-18 this year, offering a diverse range of activities across the province, announced Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Truong Quoc Phong.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre earned more than 459.3 million USD in export turnover in the first half of 2018, an increase of 15.31 percent from the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Dairy giant Vinamilk will continue to expand abroad, especially in emerging market like Laos and Myanmar, this year.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre aims to generate 400 million USD from exports in the second half of 2017, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Cooperation between farmers and businesses has brought profit and stable output for coconut growers in the southern province of Ben Tre, which produces the most coconuts in Vietnam.

Southern Ben Tre province earned 737 million USD from shipping aboard coconut products over the past five year, accounting for 30 percent of its total export revenue.