Recently, family of Nguyen Duc Van in Trai 1 village of Phuong Son commune (Luc Ngan district) has focused on caring for the fruit bearing stage. Good weather condition helps bring high flowering and fruit bearing rates. With nearly one hectare of lychee, his family expects to harvest about 15 tonnes of fruits.

Family of Nguyen Van Duc in Trai 1 village of Phuong Son commune (Luc Ngan district) care for the lychee.

All qualified organic products of his family and 18 other households in the same village have been ordered by Kim Hang Luc Ngan Organic Agriculture Technology Joint Stock Company in Phuong Son commune with price of 30,000 VND per kg (1.29 USD). Also, the business supplied organic fertilizer for the participating growers with delayed payment.

According to the Plant Production and Protection (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development-DARD), this year the temperature and moisture were ideal for flowering and fruit bearing stages that resulted in high rate. With 29,700 hectares, this year productivity is expected to hit 190 to 200,000 tonnes of fruit (equal to last year quantity).

Similarly, the lychee productivity of Tan Yen district is estimated at 17,000 tonnes, up 500 tonnes year on year.

To facilitate lychee export this year, the DARD defined it was key task to grant new growing area codes (GAC) for fruit in general and lychee in particular. The sector focused on completing proposal to grant 15 new export GAC for China, 9 for Australia, 2 for the US and 3 for Thailand.

Besides, the DARD supported 5 businesses and cooperatives to make export registration of processing products to Chinese market in which Luc Ngan Farm Produce Import and Export Company was granted export code by China while four others are in the waiting list of China Customs.

Regarding the US market, on March 17, the DARD worked with Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Vietnam Trade Office in the US and Plant Protection Department to evaluate and review irradiation conditions at Hanoi Irradiation Center.

In 2022, the lychee enjoyed smooth consumption with over 40 percent of quantity exported to several markets including new countries in the EU and Middle East. This year, the People’s Committee in the districts early prepared plan and programme for consumption.

Taking advantages of Chinese reopening and Kep international intermodal railway station, this year Luc Ngan district strives to sale 78,300 tonnes of fresh lychees (accounting for nearly 80 percent of total productivity) including 43,300 tonnes exported mostly to China.

Hanoi based Phuc Lam Commercial and Service Development Company Limited cooperates with farmers in Giap Son commune to tag lychee trees under linkage for production and consumption.

To date, the district People’s Committee established 2 delegations and cooperated with the Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT) to survey and seek market in Guangxi and Yunnan (China); border gates in Lao Cai, Lang Son and Southern whole sale markets. Recently, the district has worked with Vietnam Railways about gathering and transporting the fruits to China via Kep station.

The DoIT has launched early promotion activities via meeting with departments, agencies, institutes of the Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as the businesses and distributors.

Particularly, the sector consulted the provincial People’s Committee to work with Trade Counselor at some countries such as the US, Japan, and China to export lychee.

Apart from holding promotion conference directly at the early ripening lychee area, Bac Giang organizes both online and direct promotion events for main season lychee and fruit festivals in different areas in associated with experimental tourism.

Bac Giang’s lychee enjoys high flowering rate

(BGO) – The lychee gardens in Bac Giang province are now under flowering stage with high rate of 90 – 95 percent. Local competent agencies have actively instructed farmers to care for the fruit trees.

Bac Giang keeps lychee area stable, improves product quality

(BGO) - In recent years, lychee has seen bumper harvests with stable prices. Therefore, many farmers in Bac Giang province have shifted from other fruit trees to lychee. This fact requires the provincial agricultural sector and local authorities to actively grasp the situation and give timely recommendations to farmers so as to keep the lychee growing area stable, avoiding massive conversion.

Production of lychee for export: follows proper procedures to improve values

(BGO)- In order to open pathway for export of lychee, the competent agencies of Bac Giang province have regularly supervised and guided farmers on caring procedures to ensure lychee quality in line with proposing issuance of planting area codes.

Luc Ngan lychee geographical indication protection proves effective

Since obtaining a certificate of geographical indication (GI) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) in March 2021, Thieu lychee grown in Luc Ngan district in the northern province of Bac Giang has seen its competitiveness and export volume significantly rising.

Business links to production household to consume Bac Giang lychee

(BGO) – The Hanoi based Phuc Lam Trading and Service Development Company Limited has inked lychee consuming contract with group of lychee producing households in line with GlobalGAP standard in Chao village, Giap Son commune (Luc  Ngan district), reported Truong Thi Bay, representative of the group.