A stall at Hung Yen longan festival held recently in the locality. (Photo: VNA)Hung Yen (VNA) – A trade fair to promote the sale of longanand other agricultural products of the northern province of Hung Yen opened onAugust 25.
Organised by the People’s Committee of Khoai Chau district, itfeatures 50 stalls that display the locality’s key agricultural produce.
Pham Xuan Thang, Chairman of the Khoai Chau district People'sCommittee said it hopes that the fair will help promote agricultural productsin general and longan in particular as well as set up a linkage with keyenterprises, distributors, supermarket channels at home and abroad.
The district is accelerating restructuring the agriculturalsector towards applying high technology and close connection between domesticconsumption and export while focusing on preserving local specialties.
Nguyen Van The, a representative from Mien ThietCooperative in Khoai Chau district’s Ham Tu commune, said that in recent years, longangrowers in the locality have received great support in terms of cultivationtechniques and products’ promotion. They are undergone training and are equippedwith safe production techniques that help prolong the harvest time, therebycontributing to boosting productivity and improving product quality, he said,adding that the mindset of longan growers was also changed at the same time.
Khoai Chau province has 1,400 ha of longan cultivation,including 590ha that has been certified to meet VietGap standards with the productivity of 6,500 tonnes. Of the area under longan cultivation, there is10% early ripen longan and the rest late ripen longan. Total longan output thisyear is estimated at 15,000 tonnes.
The fair will last until August 26./.
