Luc Ngan district is home to more than 15,000 hectares of lychee, including over 12,000 hectares of lychee cultivated under VietGAP and GlobalGAP procedures. To date, 90 – 95 percent of the early ripen lychee has flowered while the flowering rate of the official lychee reached more than 40 percent.

The Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh visits lychee area in Giap Son commune.

The district planned and directed to produce 50 hectares of lychee for export to Japanese market as well as supported over 500 million VND (21.500 USD) to the local farmers to buy the plant protection product to care for this area so as to meet the export standard.

After grasping the lychee production for export in Muoi village, Giap Son commune and visiting the orange cultivation area in Ngot village (new style rural village), Hong Giang commune, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh highly spoke of the efforts made by the local authorities to change the economic structure and diversify the fruit trees, especially the joint collaboration with the provincial sectors to early plan the lychee production area for export.

The Deputy Minister urged the district to continue communicating and instructing the farmers to focus on caring and intensively grow the lychee to enhance its quality and value as well as prolong the harvest season.

The Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh discusses with key leaders of Luc Ngan district, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Giap Son commune.

Regarding the citrus fruits, especially orange, the district should recommend the farmers to avoid mass production. The province and district need to pay more attention to conducting the trade promotion at the domestic markets, expanding the export market, particularly to Japan.

In the upcoming time, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development will assign the competent agencies to strictly cooperate with the provincial and district authorities for specific implementation to ensure the smooth export of the local lychee.

Bac Giang actively prepares conditions for exporting lychees to Japan

(BGO) - On December 15, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially opened the door for Vietnamese lychees to be exported directly to Japan. The information is a joy for lychee growers in Bac Giang, which boasts the largest concentrated lychee production area in the country. Reporters of Bac Giang Newspaper had an interview with Duong Thanh Tung, Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, about this issue.

Japan officially opens door for Vietnamese fresh lychee

(BGO) – After five years of negotiation, Japan has officially opened door to early import Vietnamese fresh lychee to the market.  

Luc Ngan lychee and Yen The hill chicken honored as “Vietnam golden agriculture brands 2019”

(BGO) – After 4 month survey across the nation, the General Association of Vietnam Agriculture and Rural Development selected 30 products of localities and enterprises to honor as the Vietnam Golden Agriculture Brands 2019, two of which are from Bac Giang province, namely Luc Ngan lychee and Yen The hill chicken.

Level of Bac Giang lychee

(BGO) - In recent days, forums and the mass media have reflected the joy and admiration at the record number of nearly 6,400 billion VND (197.4 million USD) in revenue from 150,000 tonnes of lychee of Bac Giang farmers. A rare phenomenon "repeated in 60 years" is that "a basket of lychee earns three ‘chi’ (one ‘chi’ = 3.75grams) of gold".

Bac Giang lychee revenue hits all-time high

The 2019 lychee harvest in the northern province of Bac Giang set a new all-time record for revenue at over VND6.3 trillion (US$270.9 million), according to the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Giang province.

Dai – Huan