Thanh Ha litchis have been sold well in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and picky foreign markets. (Photo: vaithieuthanhha.net.vn)
Hai Duong (VNA) – The Thanh Ha litchi festival 2019 opened in thenorthern province of Hai Duong on May 26 to promote the local fruit.
Boasting 30 booths displaying litchis, other local fruits and tourism products,the festival is hoped to develop an agricultural production chain by connectingsuppliers and businesses.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen An Cuong said the province has some 11,000 hectares under litchi trees,mostly in Thanh Ha district and Chi Linh city.
Thanks to the province’s efforts to improve litchi production and enhance tradepromotion, local litchis have sold well in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and pickyforeign markets.
Cuong said Hai Duong province always welcomes businesses who want to getinvolved in the litchi trade.
Thanh Ha litchi received geographical indication from the Ministry of Scienceand Technology’s National Office of Intellectual Property in 2007. Five yearslater, Thanh Ha district began VietGAP and GlobalGAP cultivation for its litchiareas, and now most of its litchi is grown to those two standards.
Besides, the district is maintaining nine plantation models on 92.68 hectares,aiming to produce litchis for the US, Australian and EU markets.
The Thanh Ha litchi crop is estimated to yield some 18,000 tonnes this year.Some 500 kilogrammes have been exported to the UK so far. Next week, locallitchis will be shipped to Russia, Germany, France, the Republic of Korea andIndonesia.
Last year, the district gained 600 billion VND (25.8 million USD) from sellingmore than 40,000 tonnes of litchis overseas.
The district plans to organise a Thanh Ha litchi month in Hanoi and Ho Chi MinhCity, and work with Hanoi small and medium-sized association to labelorigin-tracing stamps on the fruits.-VNA
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Thanh Ha litchis have been sold well in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and picky foreign markets.
