At this time in previous years, the biggest worry of lychee growers was “good harvest but low price, good price but bad harvest”, but this year is different.

After 6 months of waiting, the precious rains from the end of April until last weekend have revived lychee gardens in the North. Ms. Hoang Thi Thanh Phuong (Tan Yen district, Bac Giang) said that she recently applied the last batch of potassium fertilizer to create sugar and color for the fruit, hoping to harvest sweet fruits in early June. With 0.5 hectares, if the weather is favorable, her family will harvest 15 tons of lychee , which is a good harvest.

Bac Giang currently has more than 29,000 hectares of lychee, of which early lychee accounts for 8,000 hectares. Along with Thanh Ha and Hai Duong, Tan Yen – Bac Giang – is the earliest lychee harvest area in the North. This year, Tan Yen lychee growers have received orders for 200 tons to be exported to the United States and 500 tons to be exported to Europe.

The working group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment conducted field surveys in the main lychee growing areas. All localities had positive results with a fruit set rate of over 80%. The key task for smooth export is to strictly control the codes of growing areas and packaging facilities. In addition, the agricultural and industry and trade sectors of the localities also need to develop scenarios to respond to market fluctuations.

Vietnamese lychees have been exported to more than 20 countries, with China remaining the key market, accounting for 90% of total export volume. Plant quarantine units at border gates have proactively coordinated with inter-sectoral agencies and quarantine agencies of importing countries to facilitate quick customs clearance for shipments during the peak season in June.