A ceremony took place in Thanh Hai district in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 18 to mark the beginning of the local lychee harvest season and the first shipments this year of about 100 tonnes to Japan and Singapore.
A ceremony was held on May 18 to mark the beginning of Hai Duong's lychee harvest season and the first shipments this year of about 100 tonnes to Japan and Singapore. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) - A ceremony took place in Thanh Hai district inthe northern province of Hai Duong on May 18 to mark the beginning of the locallychee harvest season and the first shipments this year of about 100 tonnes toJapan and Singapore.
It was the first of a series of events being held to promote itssignature Thanh Ha lychee.
The ceremony saw the presence of Minister of Industry and Trade NguyenHong Dien, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, andprovincial leaders.
Hai Duong is better placed to export lychee to Japan this year, as theJapanese side has authorised the Plant Protection Department to monitor thesterilisation of the fruit in Vietnam, according to Luong Thi Kiem from theprovincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Major exporters such as the Ameii Vietnam JSC and the Red Dragon Co.,Ltd. have linked with local growers to purchase lychees for export to Japan,she added.
During this crop, Hai Duong will export 30,000-35,000 tonnes of the fruit to China, which has been its biggest buyer for many years. About 70packaging facilities in the province have been granted codes for export to Vietnam’snorthern neighbour.
The province also plans to ship around 1,000 tonnes of lychee to Japan, 1,000tonnes in total to the US, Australia and Singapore, and 800-1,000 tonnes toThailand, the Middle East, and Malaysia.
Hai Duong now has three facilities with qualified sterilisation equipmentfor the preliminary treatment and packaging of shipments to Japan. It is alsohome to a dozen lychee packaging facilities for exports to Australia, Thailand, theRepublic of Korea, the EU, and elsewhere.
Dubbed the “lychee capital” of Hai Duong, Thanh Ha district is harvesting the early-ripening lychee and the main-crop lychee will be ready for harvest fromJune 5. Total production is estimated at about 55,000 tonnes this year.
The fruit is being grown on 9,186 ha in the province this year, of which1,000 ha has been granted VietGap certification and 450 ha GlobalGap, and 8,000ha provided with growing area codes for export./.
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A ceremony was held on May 18 to mark the beginning of Hai Duong's lychee harvest season and the first shipments this year of about 100 tonnes to Japan and Singapore. (Photo: VNA) 
