The province is home to more than 29,800ha of “thiều” lychee orchards, with total output expected to reach around 125,000 tonnes this year. As the peak harvest season gets underway, growers are rushing to bring in the crop.
Nearly 1,500 trucks carrying the fruit were cleared through the border gate, according to the Lào Cai International Border Gate Customs Team under Regional Customs Sub-Department VII.
Lục Ngạn District in Bắc Giang Province, known as “the capital of lychee”, will host the “Lục Ngạn Lychee – The Quintessence of Vietnamese Fruit” festival from 6 to 7 June.
Viet Nam’s lychee production hubs have entered the early harvest season this year and is preparing plans for its flagship fruit consumption amid export difficulty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Viet Nam gained strong growth in lychee exports and the number of enterprises exporting lychee this year against the figures of last year, according to the General Department of Customs.