Several large supermarket chains have pledged to support the consumption of lychees as the fruit enters the harvest season in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Hai Duong, the two biggest growers of the fruit in the country.
More than 2,300 people attended a teleconference on Saturday promoting lychee consumption at home and abroad held in the northern province of Bac Giang.
A week to promote thieu lychee from the northern province of Bac Giang’s Luc Ngan District will kick off at Ha Noi’s Exhibition Fair, Economic Transaction and Commercial Area from June 7-16.
The Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) will buy 500-700 tonnes of thieu lychees, a unique fruit grown in the northern province of Bac Giang’s Luc Ngan District, this year, 25 per cent more than in 2018.
Thieu lychee, a unique fruit of the northern province of Bac Giang, is expected to record VND5.5 trillion (US$240.28 million) in value this year if it can retain its current price until the end of the fruit season.
Luc Ngan District in the northern province of Bac Giang see a rich harvest of lychee this year, with its growers happier than in previous seasons because lychee prices have reached highest level ever.
Farmers in the Hong Giang commune of Luc Ngan District – the country''s
largest lychee-growing area — are marketing their lychees to Japan on a
preliminary basis, news website VnExpress reported.