Bac Giang rakes in 6.8 trillion VND from lychee, support services
The northern province of Bac Giang earned nearly 6.8 trillion VND (290.5 million USD) from lychee sales and support services in 2022, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
Hanoi (VNA) – The northern province ofBac Giang earned nearly 6.8 trillion VND (290.5 million USD) from lychee salesand support services in 2022, according to the provincial People’sCommittee.
Lychee, whose harvest season often lasts frommid-May to the end of July, brought about 4.41 trillion VND to Bac Giang,dubbed as the national hub of the tropical fruit.
Bac Giang’s lychee has been sold across the countryand put on shelves of major supermarkets like GO, Mega Market, Saigon Co.op,Hapro, Aeon, Lotte and Vinmart, along with domestic and foreign e-commerce platformssuch as Voso, Sendo, Tiki, Shopee, Lazada, Postmart, Alibaba and Amazon.
A total of 75,900 tonnes of Bac Giang lychee wereshipped abroad, making up 38.1% of the accumulative sales. China, the US,Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Middle East and someSoutheast Asian nations were the main importers.
The committee said Bac Giang will maintain the lychee areas in 2023 while increasing those satisfying VietGapand GlobalGap standards.
The locality will work to expand domesticconsumption channels, promote sales through e-commerce platforms and boostexports to promising markets like Japan, the EU, Southeast Asia and the MiddleEast, apart from China – its traditional market./.
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Highways, roads, and laneways in the “Kingdom of Lychee” - Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province - are bursting these days with the reddish colour of lychees. Hundreds of cars and motorbikes loaded with the fruit form an endless line heading out for sale.
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Bac Giang is Vietnam's hub of lychee (Photo: VNA) 
