The total value of agriculture produce on e-commerce platforms in the period tripled to VND944 billion ($41 million), according to a Ministry of Information and Communications report.

Farmers prepare lychee for distribution in the northern province of Bac Giang.

It stated this was the result of the ministry and municipal authorities pushing postal companies to partner with e-commerce platforms to help distribute produce.

This year, Vietnam’s lychees became the first agriculture produce to be exported to Europe via a domestic e-commerce platform.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said e-commerce and logistics is the future of the postal sector, thanks to technology paving the way.

Vietnam’s digital economy is forecast to grow by 29 percent annually from 2020 to $52 billion by 2025, according to a study by Google, Temasek Holdings and Bain & Co.

2021 lychee harvest brings revenue of over VND6.8 trillion to Bac Giang

Lychee production has brought revenue of VND6.8 trillion (US$96 million) to farmers in the northern province of Bac Giang with this year’s fruit crop, as announced the provincial People’s Committee.

Dong Nai promotes consumption of over 100 tonnes of Bac Giang lychee

The Department of Market Management of southern Dong Nai province said that it has coordinated with other units in the province to support the consumption of 110 tonnes of Bac Giang lychees.

Vice Chairman of provincial People’s Committee Phan The Tuan: Lychee crop 2021 – Opportunities from difficulties

(BGO)- The lychee crop has basically ended now. Amid numerous difficulties due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, with the attention of the Government, ministries, central agencies and localities, Bac Giang province has made efforts to have a sweet lychee crop. Bac Giang Newspaper interviewed Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Phan The Tuan on this issue.

Vietnamese lychee reach UK consumers

The last fruit in a two-tonne batch of lychee which TT Meridian Ltd imported for the first time officially under the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) were distributed to supermarkets and customers in the UK on the evening of June 30 (UK time).

Source: VnExpress