The northern province of Bac Giang’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on May 30 held a programme to promote sales of Tan Yen early ripening litchi, a famous specialty fruit of the district.
The Red River Delta province of Hung Yen on May 27 opened a two-day fair at the Ecopark urban area to promote its fresh litchi and products of local cooperatives and farms.
Vietnam’s lychee production has been supplemented this year by nearly 15,000 tonnes from Central Highlands’ provinces, thanks to their harvest taking place a month before northern localities do likewise.
Phu Cu district in the northern province of Hung Yen, the “capital” of early-ripening hybrid litchi, is finalising preparations to ensure the smooth selling of the tropical fruit as it is entering harvesting season in two weeks.
The northern province of Bac Giang has rolled out various measures to enhance the value of its agricultural sector, including promoting circular economy, expanding organic farms and encouraging the use of organic fertilizers in farming activities.
Various measures have been rolled out to boost Vietnam’s agricultural sector’s growth towards higher productivity, better quality, stronger competitiveness and sustainability.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a strategy to develop the domestic trade market until 2030, with a vision to 2045, to provide sustainable consumption solutions for farm produce.
The first litchi of northern Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces have been shipped by sea to the US to be sold at Safeway and Albertsons - two supermarket chains with the largest network on the West Coast of the US.
First litchi fruits of northern Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces have been shipped by sea to the US to be sold at Safeway and Albersons - two supermarket chains with the largest network on the West Coast of the US.
The northern province of Bac Giang has rolled out various measures to bring “thieu” litchi – the locality’s specialty fruit – to more markets inside and outside the country.
Bac Giang will focus attention on developing and increasing the production value of the agricultural sector in the time ahead, said Vice Chairman of the northern province’s People’s Committee Le O Pich.
Activities introducing and promoting litchi and other Vietnamese fruits at the ongoing Vietnam Festival in Japan have attracted attention of a large number of Japanese people.
The northern province of Bac Giang, in collaboration with the ministries of Industry and Trade, and Agriculture and Rural Development, held an online conference on litchi sales for nearly 80 target markets at home and abroad.
“Thieu” lychees from Vietnam have hit the shelves of Carrefour Tongre supermarkets in Brussels, Belgium, since June 23 thanks to efforts of the Vinamex company and partners in bringing the Vietnamese specialty fruit to Europe to utilise the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
First batches of Thieu lychee, a specialty fruit of Luc Ngan district in the northern province of Bac Giang, in the 2021 crop left for Japan on flights arranged by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on early May 27.
Authorities of the northern province of Hai Duong are carrying out necessary procedures to offer from 5-10 products meeting standards in the “One Commune - One Product” (OCOP) programme, including Thieu litchi, for sales on e-commerce platforms before May 18.
Bac Giang province has worked with the Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and exporting enterprises to prepare documents, conduct surveys, and issue codes for a planting area of 50 hectares of “thieu” litchi, for export to Japan.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 25 to launch a litchi harvest programme for export and mark the shipment of the first batch of litchi to Singapore, the US and Australia this year.
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