Chi Linh city in the northern province of Hai Duong on July 22 held a ceremony to begin harvesting longan for export and ship batches of longan to the US, Europe and Singapore.
Hai Duong (VNA) - Chi Linh city in the northern province of Hai Duong onJuly 22 held a ceremony to begin harvesting longan for export and ship batchesof longan to the US, Europe and Singapore.
Hai Duong province currently has 2,100ha of longan with an annual output ofover 12,000 tonnes. In particular, Chi Linh city has 740ha of longan with anestimated output of over 4,000 tonnes per year.
Chi Linh longan is grown in large-scale and specialised farming areas accordingto VietGap and GlobalGapstandards. As many as 28 planting area codes weregranted to 190ha farming areas in Chi Linh city with an expected volume ofabout 1,200 tonnes.
Besides domestic consumption, Chi Linh longan has been exported to severalEuropean and Asian countries, winning the trust of consumers.
Planting fruit trees is one of the advantages of Chi Linh district, with some typical fruits such as longan, litchi, custard apple, red flesh dragon fruit, and orange. Chi Linh longan has been granted a collective trademark./.
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Chi Linh longan (Photo: VNA) 
