Particularly, lychee covers 1,329 hectares and yields about 14,784 tonnes of fruits (12,950 tonnes of early ripen lychee and 1,834 tonnes of late ripen lychee), up 13.7 percent comparing to the same period last year with estimated value of 443.5 billion VND (over 19 million USD); longan covers 421 hectares with output of 1,660 tonnes of fruits and worth 33.2 billion VND (1.4 million USD); star apple covers 42 hectares with productivity of 190 tonnes of fruits and value of 6.1 billion VND (262,000 USD) among others.

Tan Yen district remains and expands the fruit cultivation area under VietGAP.

Notably, the district has gradually expanded the fruit cultivation area under VietGAP standard up to 330 hectares, including 278 hectares of early ripen lychee, 33.5 hectares of guava, 15 hectares of pomelo, 5 hectares of star apple.

Also, the district remains and expands the fruit cultivation area under VietGAP to ensure the food safety quality with total area of 1,200 hectares.

Fruit producer HAGL Agrico to boost capital by 25 pct

HAGL Agrico plans to convert bonds into shares and raise its charter capital by 25 percent to VND11.08 trillion ($477.93 million).

Programme launched to promote Binh Thuan dragon fruits

A Binh Thuan dragon fruit promotional programme is taking place at Big C supermarket and GO! Market chains across the country from July 7 to 14, targeting to sell around 500,000 tonnes of the fruit.

Fruit and veggie exports exceed 2 billion USD in first half

  

Clean production gets fruity in export

Vietnamese firms can expand exports and reap “sweet fruits” in picky markets by investing in clean production technology, a leading businessman has said.

Over 100 ha of fruit trees in Tan Yen qualified as VietGAP standard

(BGO) – Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) is now home to a total area of over 3,300 ha of fruit tree cultivation, 2,600 ha of which is ready for harvesting with total productivity of 24,174 tonnes.

An Nhien