Revenue from trading fruit products at the second fruit fair in 2016 held in Dong Thap Province reached VND1.2 billion, according to the Dong Thap Department of Industry and Trade. — Photo thdt.vn

DONG THAP (Biz Hub) – Revenue from trading fruit products at the second fruit fair in 2016 held in Dong Thap Province reached VND1.2 billion, according to the Dong Thap Department of Industry and Trade.

The fruit fair was organised from October 21-23 at CoopMart Dong Thap supermarket in Dong Thap Province by the Dong Thap Department of Industry and Trade, the Dong Thap Department of Agriculture and Rural Department and Coop Mart.

Some 12 tonnes of fruit were sold at the fair, including 6.2 tonnes of Cao Lanh mango, the most popular product; 3.5 tonnes of oranges; one tonne of dragon fruit, and many kinds of processed fruit products.

Fruit producers in Chau Thanh, Cao Lanh, Lai Vung and Lap Vo, as well as Thanh Binh and Cao Lanh City displayed several varities of fruits at 20 pavilions at the fair, including oranges, pomelo, longan and plum, as well as guava, mango, melon and watermelon, along with dragon fruit, rambutan, lotus and other processed fruit products.

Nguyen Thanh Tai, deputy director of the Dong Thap Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said agricultural production, especially fruit production, has been the key economic sector in Dong Thap. The province has fruit trees growing on 25,000ha of land, including mango, longan and lemon. These fruits are produced under VietGap and GlobalGap and exported to many markets in the world. 

To meet market demand, growers have converted from a small to a larger scale of production, with safe production process and traceability of products to improve competitive ability of fruit products in Dong Thap, he said.

Phan Kim Sa, deputy director of the Dong Thap Department of Industry and Trade, said the province would ask cooperatives, production and processing facilities and farmers to build the brand, seek new markets, apply technology for fruit preservation and develop links between production and consumption of fruits.

This fair was an opportunity to advertise farming products with safe production and meeting food safety and hygiene standards to consumers, in addition to creating good conditions for farmers to build links with supermarkets, trading centres, fruit processors and exporters in provinces and in other places. — VNS