Illustrative image (Source: topplus.vn)The department has recently worked with theprovincial People’s Committee to build a coordination programme with AgricareVietnam Co., Ltd to grant codes to areas growing mangoes for export and toimplement irradiation services.
Director of the department’s plant quarantine centreLe Nhat Thanh said his centre will work with the provincial Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism to hold a training course for farmers and provide codesfor Yen Chau and Mai Son districts to export mangoes to Australia.
Mangoes exported to Australia must undergoirradiation.
Two batchesof mangoes (each about 10 tonnes) will be exported to the market at the end of May.
Mangoes purchased by businesses for export normallycost 15-20 percent higher than others.
Son La ishome to more than 4,000 hectares of mangoes, hundreds of which use the VietnamGood Agricultural Practice (VietGap).
AgricareVietnam Co., Ltd mainly buys mangoes from southern provinces for export. Thisis the first time the company has purchased mangoes in the north for export.
Son Lamangoes have been sent to Australian partners and received good feedback.
The localmangoes will be packaged and transported to Hanoi for irradiation before beingsold to Australia.
Apart fromround-shaped mangoes, local farmers are expanding areas for hybrid mangoes inYen Chau, Moc Chau and Mai Son districts. The potential for exporting mangoesto foreign markets is huge.
The PlantProtection Department is also working with local authorities to grant codes forlongan areas in Song Ma district, which has some 6,000 hectares of longans.
Since 2016, the province asked the department tohelp businesses build a brand name for Son La longans for exports in 2018.-VNA
