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Open 50 points to promote Thanh Ha lychee consumption with foreign businesses
The conference to promote the consumption of Thanh Ha lychees and agricultural products of Hai Duong with the Vietnam Trade Office system and foreign purchasing businesses will take place on May 9 with nearly 50 domestic and foreign demand points.
Informing Mekong ASEAN, the Department of Industry and Trade of Hai Duong province said that the conference was jointly organized by the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Trade Promotion, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the People’s Committee of Thanh Ha district in a live and online format. foreign demand points.
Stimulate domestic consumption and export demand
According to Mr. Tran Van Hao, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Hai Duong province, the event was organized to create opportunities for businesses and individuals producing, processing and trading lychees in Thanh Ha and Hai Duong province in particular. In general, promote trade promotion, promote quality and brand, stimulate domestic consumption and export; Develop existing markets, search and expand new and potential markets.
At the same time, through this, units and businesses can learn and grasp market needs and regulations on import and export of foreign markets to be proactive in the production and consumption of lychee and agriculture. province’s products.
In addition, the promotion conference will introduce the potential and strengths of lychee and other goods and agricultural products of Hai Duong province; Gradually build a value chain for the province’s agricultural products in a sustainable direction.
According to the plan, the conference to promote the consumption of Thanh Ha lychees and agricultural products of Hai Duong with the Vietnam Trade Office system and foreign businesses will be held from 1:30 p.m. on May 9 at Thanh Ha District People’s Committee Hall ( Hai Duong province) and at online bridge points of the Vietnam Trade Office, with import businesses abroad.
At foreign demand points, it is expected that 6-8 main demand points will participate in the discussion; 30 – 40 sub-points attended the conference, with about 90 – 100 delegates. These include representatives of a number of Vietnamese Trade Offices, processing enterprises, importers, and agricultural product buyers in some countries such as China, Japan, Australia, India, Singapore, Korea, and Thailand. Lan, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), the United States and some countries in the Middle East…
Attending at the Hai Duong province bridge is expected to be 200 delegates, including leaders and units of the Trade Promotion Department; Representatives of leaders and experts of the Import-Export Department, E-Commerce Department, Domestic Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade).
On Hai Duong province’s side, there were representatives of the Provincial People’s Committee; leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade and a number of specialized departments and units under the Department; Representatives of leaders and a number of specialized departments and units under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Information and Communications, Provincial Cooperative Alliance, Provincial Farmers’ Association; leaders of Thanh Ha district and communes and towns in the district; Leaders of People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities in the province…
Along with that are representatives of e-commerce platforms such as Sendo, Postmart, Icheck JSC and a number of e-commerce partners; Vinmart Goods Supply Center – Masan Group; Saigon corp; FuSa Organic Agriculture Joint Stock Company; Vietnam OCOP Union; Sun Hee Distribution Corp Ho Chi Minh City…
Representatives of purchasing, processing and exporting businesses inside and outside the province such as Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company; Red Dragon Production, Trade and Service Company Limited; Hung Viet Agricultural Products Joint Stock Company; Thanh Ha Safe Fruits and Vegetables Company Limited; Khoi Hue Private Enterprise, Nam Vu Clean Agricultural Cooperative; Representatives of cooperatives, associations, fabric and agricultural product production facilities according to international standards… and a number of media and press agencies attended.
8 key agricultural product groups
Hai Duong province currently has 8 key agricultural product groups and 351 high quality OCOP products. Many agricultural products of the province have applied scientific and technical advances in production, issued planting area codes, issued Vietgap and Globalgap certificates, attached traceability codes, forming a linked chain model.
Some products are exported in large quantities, the export market is expanded to many countries, especially high-end markets such as Europe, America, France, Japan, and Korea.
Regarding rice, Hai Duong province has about 125,000 hectares of rice cultivation; output 750,000 tons/year; Of which about 60% is high quality rice. The main harvest is in the summer-autumn crop and summer crop. Mainly serving consumption in the province about 650,000 tons; The rest is provided for national reserves, consumed in neighboring provinces and cities and exported about 100,000 tons.
Hai Duong’s total vegetable area is always maintained at over 41,000 hectares; Total output is 900,000 tons/year. Of which 80% are vegetables, the remaining 20% are cash crops.
Typical examples include onions and garlic with an output of 105,000 tons/year, harvested mainly in the winter crop every year (from December of the previous year to January of the following year). Of which, about 50% of the onion output of 34,000 – 35,000 tons is consumed domestically; 15% of green onion output in dried form is supplied to the domestic food processing industry. The remaining nearly 30% of onion production (about 20,000 – 25,000 tons) is sliced, dried, fried in oil and exported to Taiwan (China), Japan…
Tomatoes are about 26,000 tons (harvested from December of the previous year to January of the following year); The domestic market is mainly consumed in the form of fresh fruit. Watermelon and muskmelon over 70,000 tons (harvested from March to June every year); Mainly consumed domestically as fresh fruit. Jicama 35,000 tons (harvested from November of the previous year to January of the following year); Mainly consumed domestically as fresh tubers.
Potatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and cauliflower have a total output of about 160,000 tons. Of which, potatoes are 20,000 tons; kohlrabi, cabbage, cauliflower about 140,000 tons; Harvested mainly in the winter season (from December of the previous year to January of the following year). The main consumer market is domestic, partly exported to Cambodia, Laos, and Korea.
Carrots with a cultivated area of about 1,400 hectares, output of over 70,000 tons, of which, 100% of the area is produced according to safety standards (Vietgap, Golobalgap) to serve domestic consumption and export to other countries (regions). Middle East, Korea, Japan, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand…).
Regarding fruit trees, the total annual area of Hai Duong province is maintained at over 21,000 hectares, with an output of about 300,000 tons/year.
Of which, longan has an output of about 13,000 tons, concentrated in Chi Linh city with 750 hectares; Mainly consumed domestically as fresh fruit. Guava output is about 85,000 tons/year; Harvesting is concentrated from September of the previous year to February of the following year; Mainly consumed domestically as fresh fruit. Na has an output of over 13,000 tons/year; is the third largest growing region in the North; Concentrated harvest in the third quarter of every year; Mainly consumed domestically as fresh fruit.
As for lychee trees, in Hai Duong, Thanh Ha lychee is a specialty, high-quality tree with a brand name on the market, and has been granted a Geographical Indication Certificate by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The province’s fruit harvest season is mainly from May to August every year. Annual lychee output is maintained at about 55 – 60,000 tons/year (harvest concentrated from late May to June every year).
Currently, lychee is one of eight key agricultural products of Hai Duong province; production of goods is concentrated, large scale, applying high technology; care according to Vietgap process, meeting strict food safety standards. Thanh Ha lychees are not only popular with domestic consumers but are continuing to conquer high-end markets.
Regarding the market, Thanh Ha lychee is consumed mainly domestically and exported to a number of large, high-end markets such as China, Japan, France, America, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan (China), Belgium, Netherlands, Czechia, Thailand, Singapore and some countries in the Middle East and ASEAN…
Talking to Mekong ASEAN, Mr. Nguyen Luong Ngoc, Director of Hai Duong Provincial Trade Promotion Center, said that a new point in the province’s trade promotion activities this year is the Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with the Trade Promotion Department. (Ministry of Industry and Trade) and Thanh Ha District People’s Committee organized the conference early.
Along with this conference, the Department of Industry and Trade will coordinate with Hai Duong Provincial Tourism Association, tourism and travel businesses to organize the event “Thanh Ha Lychees – Journey with Tours”. It will organize communication, promotion and support activities for businesses and lychee production facilities in the province to bring lychees to tourist areas and destinations in the province and the country; Tours organized by tourism and travel agencies…
In addition, Hai Duong will coordinate with Vietnam Railway Corporation to organize an event to promote, introduce and sell lychees on the passenger transport system of Vietnam Railways, with the theme “Thanh Lychee”. Ha – Reaching far on the railways”…