The event was part of this morning’s teleconference on lychee consumption in 2020.

The container trucks carried huge quantities of lychee that are expected to be exported to major international markets, including the US, Thailand and Japan, as well as being consumed on the domestic market and injected into the retail distribution system around the country.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc talking with officials, employees and local people at the Uncle Ho fruit garden.

PM Phuc’s presence at the ceremony showed the State’s and Government’s special attention to lychee growers in particular and farmers nationwide in general, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting all aspects of socio-economic life.

Bac Giang currently has about 50,000 hectares of lychee and expects to harvest around 160,000 tonnes this year’s season, half of which are being exported to China. This is also the first year that Vietnam’s fresh lychees are allowed to be exported to Japan.

Earlier in the morning, the Government leader visited Uncle Ho’s fruit garden in Luc Ngan district and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his temple in the garden.

The trucks carrying lychee to harvested lychee for consumption in both domestic and foreign markets.

Talking with officials, employees and local people who are caring for Uncle Ho’s fruit garden, the PM shared his hope with the Bac Giang farmers, including lychee growers, for a high yield crop.

Agreeing to the farmers’ proposal, PM Phuc asked the Bac Giang provincial authorities and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to take measures to attract more investment into the processing industry to improve the products’ value, bringing higher benefits to farmers and developing the brand image of the Vietnamese lychee.

The PM also visited and offered incense at a national relic complex in Tien Luc commune, Lang Giang district, which consists of a thousand-year-old da huong (cinnamomum camphora) tree, Quang Phuc pagoda, Thuan Hoa communal house and Thanh Ca temple.

Luc Ngan orchard owners apply biosafety procedure to care for lychee farms

(BGO) -  As the key lychee production area in the northern province of Bac Giang, together with harvesting early ripen lychee, the orchard owners in Luc Ngan district are now focusing on the main lychee and late ripen lychee areas to ensure the quality and safe products.

Many enterprises and cooperatives join hands in lychee consumption

(BGO) – According to the Center of Industrial Encouragement and Trade Promotion (CIETP) (Department of Industry and Trade), Bac Giang province has to date consumed about 16,000 tonnes of early ripen lychee.

Luc Ngan sufficiently produces supporting commodities and services for lychee season

(BGO) – Though the main lychee season has yet to come, the utility manufacturers and service providers for lychee consumption and package in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) become hustle and bustle for the upcoming season.

Bac Giang ensures conditions to organize online conference for lychee consumption promotion

(BGO) – The Permanent Vice Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Lai Thanh Son on June 1 chaired a meeting to review the preparation for Online Conference of 2020 Lychee Consumption Promotion.

Bac Giang actively promotes trade, expands markets for lychee

(BGO) – Amid the Covid-19 pandemic’s great impact on goods circulation, the People's Committee of Bac Giang province has actively directed relevant agencies and localities to implement measures to promote trade and seek lychee consumption markets at home and abroad. To clarify this issue, Bac Giang Newspaper interviewed Lai Thanh Son, Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

Source: NDO