Luc Ngan "thieu" lychee is sold at a supermarket (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – “Thieu” lychee, a specialty of Luc Ngan district in thenorthern province of Bac Giang, will be promoted in Hanoi from June 7 to 16.
The information was unveiled at a pressconference held in the capital by the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) and the People’s Committee of Bac Giang on June 4.
A forum connecting production and consumption of“thieu” lychee and other special products of Luc Ngan district will take placeat the same time.
Vice Chairman of the district’s People’sCommittee Cao Van Hoan said the “thieu” lychee week event will offer clean andhigh-quality products from Luc Ngan, including “thieu” lychee - which is grownaccording to Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) and GlobalGAPstandards.
Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the MARD’s AgroProcessing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade), said Luc Ngan lycheebrings high economic efficiency. It has been protected in eight countries. Alllychee growing areas in Luc Ngan had been granted with codes.
Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province is thelargest fruit growing region in the north with nearly 28,000 hectares of fruitsof all kinds. It has over 15,000 hectaresfor growing lychee, including 12,000 hectares grown according to VietGAP andGlobalGAP standards.
Luc Ngan lychee is favoured by Chinesebusinesses and customers thanks to its good taste. In recent year, the fruithas been exported to many other countries such as the US, Japan, the Republicof Korea, the UK, France and Australia.
This year, Luc Ngan is expected to harvest about80,000 tonnes of “thieu” lychee priced between 30,000 VND (1.2 USD) and 40,000VND per kg based on quality.-VNA
The first batch of one tonne of Luc Ngan “thieu” lychees was exported to Thailand by the Central Group (Thailand) and Hanoi-based Phong Son Tiem Limited Company.
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Luc Ngan "thieu" lychee is sold at a supermarket (Photo: VNA) 
