Accordingly, the ministry will hold working sessions with the northern province, dubbed as Vietnam’s “lychee kingdom,” to set forth plans on lychee purchase and consumption.

A farmer harvests early lychees in Bac Giang Province.

At the same time, it needs to step up activities to boost domestic consumption and export, while closely coordinating with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to facilitate the circulation of the fruit.

Covid-19 prevention and control regulations must be always observed, the PM stressed.

According to the provincial People’s Committee, Bac Giang has 28,100 ha of lychee this year, with a total output of some 180,000 tonnes, up 15,000 tonnes from the previous year. The main lychee harvest season will begin in mid-June.

Amidst the pandemic, China - one of Bac Giang’s major lychee buyers - finds it hard to enter the locality.

Bac Giang has decided to establish two groups in charge of supporting lychee export at border gates in the northern provinces of Lao Cai and Lang Son.

Bac Giang supports linkages between production and consumption of farm produce

(BGO)- Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Bac Giang province has sent an official correspondence to request the departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Planning and Investment and people’s committee of the districts and city to concentrate on implementation of the Resolution of the provincial People’s Council on supporting linkages between production and consumption of farm produce in the province.

Linkage in production and farm produce consumption in year end season

(BGO) – To prepare for Lunar New Year Festival, the farmers in many localities across Bac Giang province have focused on producing safe farm produce. Notably, many businesses, cooperatives have coordinated with farmers to form the production and consumption chain.  

Workshop disseminates EVFTA opportunities for farm produce exports

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) in coordination with the Export-Import Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) held a workshop on November 5 to provide businesses with a better insight into the core contents of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in agriculture as well as support mechanisms.

Bac Giang departs 20 tonnes of early ripening lychee to Japan

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) on May 26 coordinated with the provincial departments and agencies to organize “Departure ceremony for Tan Yen early ripening lychee to Japan in 2021” at Luong Van Nam Square in Cao Thuong town, Tan Yen district.

Around 3,400 tonnes of lychees shipped to China via Kim Thanh border gate

Around 3,400 tonnes of lychees, worth nearly VND 47 billion (US$2.1 million) in total, have been shipped to China via the Kim Thanh border gate in Lao Cai province since May 8, as announced by the Lao Cai international border gate customs sub-department on May 24.

Source: NDO/VNA