This surge is attributed to adverse weather conditions that significantly reduced Bắc Giang’s lychee output, which now stands at nearly 100,000 tonnes, around half of last year''s production.
Farmers in the northern province of Bac Giang earned revenue of VND6.1 trillion (US$262.6 million) from lychee this year, surpassing records in the past 60 years in terms of value.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ yesterday highlighted the importance of quality management and traceability for lychee, a speciality fruit of the northern province of Bắc Giang, to meet export requirements.
The volume of fresh lychees exported to China through the border gates
of northern mountainous Lao Cai province is expected to reach 50,000
tonnes in 2013.