Among the farmers is Mr Hoang Ho.
“I am happy only when lychees can be exported to China. That pushes up the prices. The selling price for the domestic market is very low,” he told CNA.
Another lychee farmer, Ms Nguyen Thi Huong, said that the prices are higher this year partly because the quality of the harvest this year is better. The price is about VND$0.76 per kg, double the average price last year, she said.
Border controls at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted exports to China, but with the reopening, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports totalled a record US$2.8 billion in the first half of the year.
CHANGE IN FORTUNES
The change in their fortunes is a relief for the tens of thousands of farmers in the agricultural region like Ms Tran Thi Phuong and her husband.
The couple have been taking care of a lychee garden for three decades, sticking with the crop despite sharp fluctuations in demand and prices.
“Life here has changed a lot for the better. It was very tough. But thanks to the lychee, life is much better and easier,” said Ms Phuong.
Source: CNA
