According to the Commercial Affairs Office under the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, nearly 50 tonnes of lychee have been shipped to Singapore via Hai Phong Port so far, and the export volume is expected to reach 100 tonnes this year.

Vietnamese lychee has been officially put up for sale in Singapore’s FairPrice supermarket chain.

Thanks to its good quality and eye-catching appearance, the fruit has quickly won over local consumers, leaving shelves in many supermarkets empty after only two weeks.

It was sold at SGD5 (US$3.59) per kg in the first week under a promotion programme, and SGD6 in the next week.

Tran Thu Quynh, Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Singapore, said since early 2018, the office has worked with major Singaporean importers to introduce the fruit, and held working sessions with Singaporean experts in lychee preservation.

Over the past three years, the office has organised trips to Vietnam for Singaporean fruit importers, including FairPrice whose representatives directly examined Vietnamese lychee farms.

Since the beginning of this year’s lychee season, it has coordinated with the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency and the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Giang province, dubbed as the kingdom of lychee in Vietnam, to hold an online workshop promoting the fruit.

Quynh said the office plans to join hands with Bac Giang and Hai Duong provinces, and FairPrice to organise a Vietnamese lychee day in Singapore in the next crop.

With the support of Singaporean experts, it is designing leaflets introducing the fruit in English, she added.

In 2020, Bac Giang has 28,000 ha of lychee, including over 160,000 ha for harvesting, up 10,000 tonnes compared to the previous year.

The area of lychee produced according to VietGAP standard is estimated at 15,000 ha with an output of 110,000 tonnes, accounting for 53% and 69% of the total, respectively.

As many as 80 ha of lychee are planted under GlobalGAP practices with an estimated output of 500 tonnes to serve high-end markets.

Meanwhile, Hai Duong is now home to 9,700 ha of lychee, mostly in Thanh Ha district with about 3,600 ha and Chi Linh city with 3,900 ha. The total lychee output is estimated at 45,000 tonnes this year. The early lychee harvest is estimated to be 20,000 tonnes and the main crop is about 25,000 tonnes.

Hai Duong exports first batch of “thieu” lychee to Japan

About 1.2 tonnes of fresh “thieu” lychee grown in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Ha district, in the northern province of Hai Duong was harvested on June 23 in order to be shipped to Japan.

Vibrant lychee season in Bac Giang

(BGO) – Bac Giang now has about 28,000 ha of lychee cultivation, mostly in 5 districts of Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, Lang Giang, Tan Yen and Yen The, 15,000 ha of which are VietGAP lychee (accounting for 53 percent of the total area in the province).

Luc Ngan lychee is sold at high price in Japan

(BGO) – According to the Center of Industrial Encouragement and Trade Promotion (Department of Industry and Trade in Bac Giang province), the enterprises exporting Vietnamese fresh lychee to Japan has informed that Luc Ngan lychee was sold out after few hours at the supermarket chains in Tokyo capital and Osaka pefecture on the first selling day (June 21).

Lychee farmers enjoy the fruits of their labour

Farmers in Luc Ngan district in the northern province of Bac Giang are at their busiest during lychee season. Join us to find out more about their juicy trade. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Luc Ngan has still received numerous orders to ship lychee abroad. Luc Ngan district is expected to harvest 85,000 tonnes of lychee this year. Alongside the domestic market, China, the US, Japan and Singapore are export destinations.

“Thieu lychee kingdom” looks to conquer demanding markets

Thieu lychee, a specialty fruit of Luc Ngan district in northern Bac Giang province, are expected to soon be readily-found in one of the most choosy markets in the world - Japan - marking a major step in Vietnamese agricultural products reaching out to the globe.

Source: NDO/ VNA